Sentence examples for setting the town from inspiring English sources

The next day the attackers came, setting the town ablaze, the officials said in telephone interviews.

The £1.4m project is aimed at turning a sedate suburb of Bournemouth into the south coast's leading surf centre, since the reef will - if all goes to plan - generate waves up to 13ft high and double the number of good surfing days in Boscombe from 153 to 306 a year, setting the town up as a rival to Newquay in Cornwall.

Before 1883 every town kept its own time, setting the town clock by sundial.

The festival's other defining element, alas, cannot be brought to New York, and that is its special setting, the town of Risor.

SETTING: The town house is in Canton, a formerly industrial waterfront area in southeast Baltimore that has been revitalized in recent years.

Despite the mile-high setting, the town has purposely left downhill skiing out of the equation, keeping tourists and traffic from congesting the stoplight-free streets.

But one thing sets the town apart from its peers.

Across the road, two old ladies were discussing the news that had set the town abuzz.

He then set the town ablaze and took three civilian prisoners.

This has set the town buzzing because the list is rumored to be replete with the names of prominent people.

In 1741, David Garrick, a 24-year old from Lichfield, set the town on fire with his Richard III.