Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] set [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 2 | My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’ |
| 3 | With a crew which included seven Fairbridge trainees from Strathclyde and East Lothian , Spirit of Scotland was one of the scores of sailing ships which set out on the 1993 Tall Ships Race when the starting cannon fired at Newcastle . |
| 4 | But , thanks to the kindness of a lady in the petrol depot who agreed to phone our host when a delivery was about to be made and where , we eventually refuelled at about 9.00 am on Thursday we set out on the last leg of our journey . |
| 5 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |
| 6 | After such a day of damage it was a somewhat depleted fleet which set off on the return journey on Sunday . |