Example sentences of "have [adv] set [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE first Essex Senior Cup final , in 1884 , saw Colchester beat Braintree 3–1 but the garrison town has never set eyes on Signor Fattorini 's masterpiece since . |
| 2 | Of course , I 've only set eyes on him a couple of times . ’ |
| 3 | No sea that Marion had ever set eyes on was that particular shade of transparent , light-filled turquoise . |
| 4 | Few here had ever set eyes on the man they were mourning , but they saw in his act the ultimate sacrifice for their dream of independence . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm trying to recall if I 've ever set eyes on her ; I 've a vague memory of a plump wee lass at a cousin 's wedding three or four years back . |
| 6 | I do n't think I 've ever set eyes on her , ’ said Jack . |
| 7 | The couple fell in love before they had even set eyes on each other during a six-month long distance courtship . |
| 8 | Ronni had barely set eyes on Guido for days . |
| 9 | I 've never set eyes on him . |
| 10 | ‘ I hardly feel that I 'm the person to answer that particular question , ’ offered Mr Palmer , ‘ as I 've never set eyes on the lady before yesterday . ’ |
| 11 | Erika , who had never set eyes on Hetta in her life , stoutly agreed , and even Paul , making a dishevelled appearance , said with his new courtliness that he would like to meet her , causing Frau Nordern to raise a sceptical eyebrow and warn him not to be sarcastic at that time of the morning . |
| 12 | Biddy drove out of town fast , and down narrow lanes into the country of wide marshland and wider skies which Nails knew existed but had never set eyes on before . |
| 13 | From that day to this Adam had never set eyes on Mary Gage and had hardly ever thought of her . |
| 14 | Not for the first time , she wished Great-Aunt Alicia had never set eyes on Matthew Preston . |
| 15 | According to them , not a quarter of the people in that house have ever set eyes on Mr. Keller . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ To my certain knowledge , Wendy , I have never set eyes on anyone called Margot Iverson in my life before . ’ |
| 17 | As such , it was able to produce ‘ a more wonderful miracle than the greatest achievement of science ’ , for ‘ it enables millions who have never set eyes on one another to act together in peaceful and mutual co-operation and makes them glad and proud to do so ’ ( p. 8 ) . |