Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv prt] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco . |
| 2 | After such a day of damage it was a somewhat depleted fleet which set off on the return journey on Sunday . |
| 3 | The room was silent as she scrabbled in her box of pieces and , from the very bottom , produced a couple that she set down on the board with two decisive clicks . |
| 4 | I arrived at the Castle early on Monday morning , and after a glass of rum and milk , we set out on the road . |
| 5 | My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’ |
| 6 | Is it set up on the system , word processing ? |
| 7 | Waving his cheque book for $10 000 ( ready to Day to anyone who can produce convincing psychic phenomena ) he sets out on the exposure trail . |
| 8 | At the age of only nine , he set off on the London coach , and said a sudden and bewildered farewell both to his family and to his Devon childhood . |
| 9 | Two things mattered to Mr Major when he set off on the campaign road a month ago . |
| 10 | Business Post , the express mail and parcel carrier went to TEC Consultants for advice when it set out on the path of getting its network accredited two years ago . |