Example sentences of "set [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spark can just as easily set light to your clothes as it can to a dryer full of washing . |
| 2 | That spark can set light to further proposals , ideas and chances in the manager 's mind . |
| 3 | It was very common that the duty wag at the time would make a little paper boat , and probably get some fat or grease from some convenient part of the ship , He would then set light to this and let it sail down the waterway whilst there was a great row of people sitting attending to their needs of nature . |
| 4 | He says he realised something terrible was going to happen , but he never thought that they would actually set light to the car . |
| 5 | Olympic gold medallist Chris Boardman will set light to a bonfire and fireworks display being held by Hoylake and West Kirby Round Table at Hoylake rugby club at 7pm on Saturday night . |
| 6 | National legislation defines the powers of local authorities , and may set limits to those powers . |
| 7 | However , you can set PTR# to any value you like . |
| 8 | She was throwing a fit of screaming hysterics and every plate , cup , stool , cushion and knife she could set hand to . |
| 9 | Will the Government set standards to be imposed contractually , possibly linked to a Passenger 's Charter but where compensation is easily obtained to where consistently poor performance results in withdrawal of the contract ? |
| 10 | ‘ So he said he will have external examiners who will set tests to the children to find out whether they have learned the facts . |
| 11 | If you smoke up here , you 'll set –re to the house . ’ |
| 12 | They have white filters , and I am concerned lest in this poor light I should mistakenly set fire to the wrong end . |
| 13 | The danger is , once people acquire an appetite for burning buildings down , sooner or later they will set fire to one with someone inside . |
| 14 | It 's a pretty sight alright , even if sparks do set fire to the dry grass on either side of the track , enraging landowners . |
| 15 | Always the message was the same : ‘ Child , I could set fire to green grass , but it would not burn . ’ |
| 16 | Trucks did n't just set fire to themselves . |
| 17 | ‘ I bring you hell fire , ’ he was shouting , and then he 'd set fire to his fucking head ! |
| 18 | If other Victorian novelists do not set fire to their great houses with as much frequency as Dickens , they tend in other ways to undermine them , suggesting that they too perceive them , not merely as fabrics , but as expressions of an outmoded system . |
| 19 | Some day I 'm gon na set fire to the joint personal . ’ |
| 20 | Although if I 'm spotted wearing a turquoise shell suit , Ted Bunny is welcome to come and set fire to my teddy bear . |
| 21 | The gas can you can you set fire to it ? |
| 22 | If I had my way I 'd set fire to those blasted overalls . ’ |
| 23 | What 's more , this detonation ( which takes place on a remote beach , with only a dog as witness ) does n't set fire to other parts of the novel . |
| 24 | We 'll set fire to the rocks up here and create a huge explosion . |
| 25 | As I suppose was inevitable , the story gradually became that Eric would set fire to them , not just their pet dogs ; and , as was probably also inevitable , a lot of kids started to think that I was Eric , or that I got up to the same tricks . |
| 26 | Not gon na set fire to you . |
| 27 | I 'd set fire to you |