Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] set [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old cheese presses which had lain dusty in the stable loft were brought down with difficulty on account of their immense weight and set up on the flagged floor . |
| 2 | She had walked out of the corner-shop and set off on the primrose path , which led rapidly downhill . |
| 3 | The following day she caught an early train from King 's Cross station and set off on the two-hundred-mile journey north . |
| 4 | As the sun sinks , the young bats stream from the cave-mouth like smoke and set off on the first stage of their long journey south . |
| 5 | In the audience was Paul Palmer , a geophysicist , and it was from this that Jones became involved with solid state fusion and set out on the road that led to his interactions with Fleischmann and Pons . |
| 6 | Dare to dream , shrug off any criticism or doubt and set off on the journey that you hope will eventually take you to a better world . |
| 7 | Within six months , however , he had left the Party and set out on the road that led to the formation of the British Union of Fascists in 1932 . |