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Not exactly setting the world on fire, but give me time.

Just her presence was enough to set the world on fire.

None of the three papers was going to set the world on fire.

"Wants to get up and set the world on fire!

He set the world on fire, and now he's rotting away.

"He did well in school, without exactly setting the world on fire.

The Giants (4-4) have not exactly set the world on fire.

That includes, he said, finding "a young driver I want to set the world on fire with."

I'm sure it's very expensive and we're not setting the world on fire financially.

If a show is held in a convenient place, it doesn't have to set the world on fire.

There's nothing inherently wrong with that, but it's hardly going to set the world on fire now is it?

Your predecessor tried to set the world on fire, and all that caught was his own pants.

It does not sound like a name to inspire fear and set the world on fire."

Maybe that will change this year, but don't expect him to be setting the world on fire in three months.

We set the world on fire back in the day - it gives me goose bumps to think about.

Certainly not bad, but not setting the world on fire, that's for sure.

But even they don't set the world on fire.

Granted, the few men she'd shared a bed with in the past hadn't exactly set the world on fire.

I set the world on fire and everybody dies.

"I don't want to set the world on fire," she said.

What if this excursion set the world on fire?

Five percent efficiency isn't exactly going to set the world on fire, but there is a lot of room for improvement.

Such speed won't exactly set the world on fire.

For the record, this dated romance never set the world on fire, but it did break even and had a hit theme song.

A 0.0014 baud quantum modem is not exactly going to set the world on fire.

The English team are full of great players who could set the world alight.

Pretty good this week but had a bad few weeks as well so not setting the world alight yet.

He retained his place for the rest of the season, but did not set the world alight.

He'd been a good solid worker all his life, although he would never set the world alight.

But Alexander was not exactly setting the world alight.

They could have set the world alight.

The film itself didn't set the world alight, but critics and movie-makers were impressed with the young stars.

In the 1960s, the title Ballyhoo was used for a men's magazine, which also failed to set the world alight.

He was injured for a decent portion of it and played well enough when he did start but didn't exactly set the world alight.

In the final analysis, though, they also threw their weight behind companies that didn't exactly set the world alight, such as drugstore.com and askjeeves.com.

Wp7 has hardly set the world alight.

His old classmate, Gil Kenny, who later became a local police chief, said no one thought Jack would set the world alight.

It will not set the world alight, but it is fun, and that is all that should be asked of such a film.

He forced his way back into the 2003 World Cup squad, where India lost in the final, but failed to set the world alight.

Argentina haven't exactly been setting the world alight recently, either... and we have some of the most passionate fans in Argentina.

Whilst it didn't set the world alight in terms of ratings, World of Pub did pretty well.

This video won't set the world alight with its dazzling originality, but it nicely complements a real thumper of a song."

Farrell hasn't set the world alight with his attacking play but has defended reasonably well and, importantly, his kicking has been very good.

And characterisation being limited to which lego helmet you wanted your space man to wear aint gonna set the world alight.

We haven't set the world alight, but we have seen a selection of the many kinds of birds and animals which choose to make Shetland their home.

The BBC called the song "perfectly pleasant" but "unlikely to set the world alight, despite heavy rotation on radio and TV".

Puts a lot of pressure on Walcott and Downing to do all the attacking work, and those two have rarely set the world alight at this level.

Broad can't take wickets, Finn is learning his trade, Anderson prefers helpful conditions and swann is yet to set the world alight down under.

Sevens, through very popular in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, does not set the world alight in Southern Africa.

They're not really setting the world alight with weight of runs, though Shah is respectable, nor with their strike rates; nor indeed with their bowling...