Example sentences of "and set himself alight " in BNC.
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1 | He could not face that prospect and took his own life by covering himself in petrol and setting himself alight . |
2 | He suffered burns to his upper body after dousing himself in flammable liquid and setting himself alight outside the offices of former girlfriend Sandra Sturgiss . |
3 | Staff and customers watched in horror as he poured the petrol over himself and set himself alight . |
4 | Mr Chittenden had already doused himself in a flammable liquid and set himself alight . |
5 | Mr Chittenden had already doused himself in a flammable liquid and set himself alight . |
6 | As they were doing so , Mr Chittenden had already doused himself in a flammable liquid and set himself alight . |
7 | Police investigating the death of a man who walked into a shop in west London today and set himself alight found the body of a woman in a house opposite . |