Example sentences of "[vb past] [pos pn] [noun] set on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had my heart set on a soft-top — preferably a Corvette or a Mustang — and I was n't going to let a spot of bracing weather stand in my way . |
| 2 | But I had my heart set on training a bird . |
| 3 | It was , but he had the sheet in front of him , which had my targets set on it . |
| 4 | With regret I decided it was too risky for a party of cadets to accompany me — any way the island boys had their sights set on the night life of Fort William . |
| 5 | She had her heart set on it . ’ |
| 6 | Was n't it hard enough on that poor child to know no parents , to be totally disowned by her relations up in Westlands , to be brought up an orphan in the convent in second-hand clothes , and sent to a secretarial course when she had her heart set on going to university without being mown down by a car on her first week . |
| 7 | Barbra , 50 , had her heart set on property in California until she found out it was in the path of the killers which are slowly migrating north from South America where 600 people have been stung to death . |
| 8 | Isobel was ambitious , and had her sights set on the national news media ; unfortunately , so did every other young news-hustler in every backwater station in the country , and few of them were having to contend with sinuses that felt as if they 'd been stuffed with pillows . |
| 9 | She had her eyes set on a bigger catch than me . ’ |
| 10 | Charley Hoskins had been trained as a blacksmith but , like so many Saltash boys , had his heart set on the sea and it was when he had joined the Royal Navy that he met Ben Bellaser . |
| 11 | these and all his other cars became very popular , but Chapman had his heart set on entering the world of Formula One racing . |
| 12 | After all , he reminded himself , he was Prior William now and had his eye set on further promotion . |
| 13 | The only exception to this rule was Uncle Jack , who clearly had his sights set on several more whiskies when Charlotte insisted , at Ursula 's request , on driving him to the station and seeing him aboard the London train . |
| 14 | A prisoner who refused to join in a boycott of prison food had his cell set on fire by fellow inmates . |