"He had already almost set the house on fire a couple of times."

And if they set the house on fire before then?

He had gone back and set the house on fire.

He felt the North should set its own house in order first.

It is time for me to set my house in order.

I should have set my house in order long before this.

They then set the house on fire in an effort to cover up their crime.

She set the house in order, and waited by the women's door, but he never came to her.

Their father had got angry at the mother and set the house on fire.

She calls the police and sets her house on fire.