Example sentences of "would [adv] set [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd scarcely set eyes on him since the night they 'd had dinner together at the house in Westwood . |
| 2 | ‘ And that was the first time ye 'd ever set eyes on him ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He 'd never set foot outside Zimbala before he came to Oxford . |
| 4 | He 'd wish that he 'd never set eyes on the Ashdown girl . |
| 5 | ‘ You could have , after all , been stranded with someone you 'd never set eyes on — someone who was n't the least bit hospitable . |
| 6 | The French , who would n't set foot on a plage without weighing themselves down with their entire jewellery collection , are good at finding tiny little shorts with nifty frou-frou tops . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He says he realised something terrible was going to happen , but he never thought that they would actually set light to the car . |
| 9 | He would never set foot in Liberty 's , let alone Harrods — those haunts of the rich and the would-be rich represented for him the scornful laughter of the haves towards the have-nots . |
| 10 | Most of them would never set eyes on the place and few felt any loyalty towards it . |