Example sentences of "[adv] set fire [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some motorists deliberately set fire to their cars , others do under-the-counter deals for new tyres or batteries when claiming for a new windscreen . |
| 2 | They have become a prime target for teenage joyriders who often set fire to stolen cars when they have finished with them . |
| 3 | In the face of government determination to enforce the February 1911 laws more than eight thousand Aube growers marched through the streets of Bar-sur-Aube carrying on their backs paniers de mannequin ( grape harvesting baskets ) full of tax-forms which they ceremoniously set fire to . |
| 4 | You never even set fire to a man on the ground , so you do n't know what it 's like to burn one . ’ |
| 5 | Changes in methods of firing and the growing popularity of Raku have altered all this , and whether you immerse the object in sawdust , and then set fire to the lot , or just sprinkle sawdust on the newlyfired and still hot piece , the subtleties in surface texture can be extremely rewarding . |
| 6 | The Christian soldiers spent a thirsty and sleepless night , their eyes smarting from the smoke which blew into their camp as the enemy systematically set fire to the dry scrub around them . |
| 7 | ‘ One of the Hell Fire Club members , Richard Whaley , accidentally set fire to it one night . |
| 8 | The publicity may not exactly have gone to his head but it certainly set fire to his ambition . |
| 9 | Harry Gosling , secretary of the Lightermen and president of the NTWF , looking back some 15 years after the event , had no doubt however : " It was J.Havelock Wilson who actually set fire to the heather . |