Example sentences of "setting fire to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had first been found guilty of setting fire to an armoured personnel carrier commandeered by students and a car during the 19898 pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing . |
| 2 | Seven students have died after setting fire to themselves . |
| 3 | Different considerations press forward , however , when we move on to the various situations in which known risks ought to be guarded against : bad driving of a motor vehicle may carry an obvious risk of causing death or serious injury , as may bad navigation of a ship or an aircraft , bad driving of a train , setting fire to a residential building , and the handling of firearms . |
| 4 | You did right chopping the Governor down and setting fire to the forum — but do n't tell them I said so . |
| 5 | Soon after joining the WSPU in 1906 she had embarked on a campaign of disruptive action which by the time she went to Epsom for the Derby had brought her numerous prison sentences for offences such as obstruction , throwing bricks , setting fire to pillar-boxes and smashing windows in the House of Commons . |
| 6 | And the growth of these herbs was in turn encouraged by the Aboriginal people — paradoxically , by setting fire to them , and getting rid of whatever was rank . |
| 7 | That means that it 's practically impossible for a landowner to enforce restrictions unless you 're setting fire to his house or driving a JCB over his grouse moor . |
| 8 | John pulling crackers , and showing Jeremy the small fireworks inside — setting fire to the ‘ serpent 's egg ’ , waving a minute sparkler , making a flaming paper balloon rise to the ceiling , whilst Jeremy applauded excitedly . |
| 9 | Its unfortunate nineteenth century occupants varied from those guilty of setting fire to one of her Majesty 's ships , embezzling Queen 's stores and ‘ threatening to stab one Lorrazo Cielcovich ’ or breaking a door to the still familiar ‘ drunk and disorderly ’ . |
| 10 | Hooker , Thomas Huxley and their friends are in a local pub celebrating by playing darts , setting fire to the proprietor and , of course . |
| 11 | After setting fire to a collier and a house by the harbour , not very successfully , thanks to a sudden heavy storm , Jones successfully withdrew , despite the fire of a party of militia , and , when he had re-embarked , of cannon shot from some guns in the batteries which had escaped being spiked . |
| 12 | Sgt. Robertson , who was flying about fifth in the line of Hurricanes ( in V7495 ) , and who recorded that the success of the attack owed much to Lambert 's leadership and positioning of the squadron , attacked another Stuka from astern , setting fire to the starboard wingroot . |
| 13 | He did n't approve of smoking or drinking and my Dad was so dominated by him that he would hide his pipe behind a cushion — once setting fire to the chair — for fear of incurring his wrath . |
| 14 | The villain makes a run for it , knocking over an oil-lamp and setting fire to his evil lair , and the titles drift past a close-up of his silent scream and melting face . |
| 15 | Ravana captured Hanuman and set fire to his tail , but the monkey avenged himself by growing to the size of a giant and setting fire to the city . |
| 16 | On the Isle of Man they were known as Hogmen and tended to be far more aggressive , kidnapping women and children and setting fire to barns . |
| 17 | Forward on the MGB 's exposed foredeck , Able Seaman Savage racked the Sperrbrecher with his 2-pounder pom-pom , knocking out this mine destroyer 's 88mm ( 3.5in ) gun and setting fire to its ready-use ammunition lockers on deck . |
| 18 | Once upon a time a man could hang for setting fire to a hayrick ! |
| 19 | Yesterday the Mirror revealed that a similar model ‘ spontaneously ignited , ’ setting fire to a toddler 's carpet . |
| 20 | There are four just-past-pubescence Puressencers , fronted by nonchalant , sidied-up lead crooner James Mudriczki , and they have the demeanour of sociopathic fourth-formers put in detention for setting fire to the science lab . |
| 21 | ‘ I hate all that ‘ you 're the big star and we 're going to have a really seemly chat ’ bollocks , ’ he spits , while setting fire to yet another Silk Cut . |
| 22 | It does n't sound like Mozzer is going to have to explain himself ; last week I saw an Asian punk rock band called Cornershop articulate many people 's feelings by setting fire to a poster of the misguided buffoon . |
| 23 | Asked for a possible motive in setting fire to the moors , Ken remarked : ‘ There is nothing stranger than human beings ’ . |
| 24 | They were supposed to be stealing cars from Hammersmith housing estates , or setting fire to the dustbins outside Harrods . |
| 25 | But your enemies wanted to destroy you , and they suggested setting fire to your house at night . |
| 26 | Even Windsor , their Colonel-in-Chief , made no secret of his belief that they were only licensed thugs rampaging through the countryside in drunken gangs , shooting indiscriminately at passers-by , looting shops , setting fire to farmhouses and stock . |
| 27 | Richmann and his remaining man ran a few yards after the departing car , blazing away with a frustrated volley which only succeeded in blowing a few holes out of the bodywork and setting fire to the rear-mounted spare wheel . |
| 28 | He had a fondness for setting fire to cats , apparently . ’ |
| 29 | That 's where Parsons picked up his charming habit of setting fire to cats . |
| 30 | For his part , he conceived a plan of setting fire to the St Louis off Beachy Head , which would compel the rescuing nation to take his passengers in . |