Example sentences of "set foot [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At sight of her Gus , stiffening into startled consciousness between his supporters , set foot of his own volition on the last step , and his soiled eyebrows soared into his muddy hair , in reflection of the apparition before him . |
| 2 | Rosslyn Park , for example , are first in line to experience the probable backlash of that defeat when they set foot on the Recreation Ground this afternoon . |
| 3 | In Adonis Attis Osiris , Frazer saw the goddess Mefitis as personifying ‘ mephitic vapours ’ and described her temple ‘ where the exhalations … were of so deadly a character that all who set foot on the spot died ’ . |
| 4 | Being a total landlubber I was filled with trepidation as I set foot on the deck of the Norway Line 's good ship Jupiter . |
| 5 | When the adventurers set foot on the stairs , each is allowed a WP test ( Magic Sense +10 ) to sense that some form of magical trap exists . |
| 6 | The Witch King of Naggaroth once more set foot on the land from where he 'd so long ago been driven . |
| 7 | On 28 June 1930 in the East India Docks I climbed the gangway of the Sorrento and set foot on her rusty iron deck . |
| 8 | Those totems were my warning shot ; anybody who set foot on the island after seeing them should know what to expect . |
| 9 | In fact , my little castaway , she never set foot on the island at all — would n't come near the place . ’ |
| 10 | And dry it would have been if the heavens had n't opened the moment the ship docked and the troops set foot on French soil . |
| 11 | I did , for the first time in 1979 , when we spent a family fishing holiday in the Hebrides ; and we have been returning regularly ever since , constantly drawn back by the magic spell the Outer Hebrides cast over all who set foot upon her romantic shores . |
| 12 | The poster scheme also provides an excellent opportunity to expose large numbers of the population , who rarely or never set foot within a gallery , to contemporary art . |
| 13 | The two men put down their pens and stared at her ; no woman ever set foot within the dockyard gates . |
| 14 | As soon as I set foot in there , I knew that I had to be involved somehow . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll do what I can , ’ Parmedes said resignedly , cursing the day he ever set foot in Club Eleusis . |
| 16 | He was approaching thirty-two and the elusive big break and rainbow 's end that is the goal of everyone who ever set foot in Hollywood seemed no nearer to achievement . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , a ship was sent to America so that the story could be checked and in 1810 , three years after his being cast away on Sombrero , Jeffrey returned at last and set foot in Portsmouth . |
| 18 | She never set foot in Greece again . |
| 19 | They have no respect for non-Jewish culture and would be only too happy if Jews never set foot in a university . ’ |
| 20 | She would like to go to sleep now and not wake up until they set foot in America . |
| 21 | I 3,000 US soldiers set foot in Somalia . |
| 22 | Underdogs Cambridge survived a desperate opening 13 minutes during which they never set foot in Oxford 's half . |
| 23 | London hardly set foot in their own half in that second half , but , with Morris constantly exhorting his forwards and putting in key tackles , the North restricted them to just one Rob Andrew penalty goal . |
| 24 | A local thug phoned up the office and said ‘ tell them if they set foot in Drogheda they wo n't get out alive ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ If she ever set foot in this house , I 'd walk out of it , ’ Mary continued . |
| 26 | Let me make it quite plain , if Mike Channon ever set foot in the Multivite Vegeburger/Singletons Valve Replacement League Division Three he would not go anywhere but Athletico , even if I had to sell my house and body to keep him here . |
| 27 | ‘ But almost from the day we set foot in our new house our relationship changed . |
| 28 | The moment I set foot in this house , my world turned upside down . |
| 29 | They 'll probably be rather dusty , but they 're quite separate from the house and I can guarantee that Eleanor 's never set foot in them . |
| 30 | Something inside Merrill protested at the lie , but she went on stonily , ‘ I think I had your measure before I ever set foot in these offices . |