Example sentences of "set [noun sg] on [adj] soil " in BNC.
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| 1 | The family 's passive resistance continued right up to the last moment : Zen was not permitted to set foot on Miletti soil but had to wait for the Fiat in the street , beyond the imposing wrought-iron gates . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was ironic , as it must be presumed that he had never set foot on French soil . |
| 4 | Having hardly set foot on American soil , and with out a second thought , he boarded the next liner and sailed back . |
| 5 | Setting foot on Indian soil at the age of 32 , William Carey never again left . |