Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set up on the same spot as in the previous summer , but this time my luck was different . |
| 2 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 3 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
| 4 | Then , once dressed , I set out on the great excursion : shopping , errands , and a treat in a cafe . |
| 5 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
| 6 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |
| 7 | It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot . |
| 8 | What the camera can not reveal is when you set off on the second nine from the 10th tee , by the time you reach the green you have travelled nearly 60 feet downhill . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 11 | Er we set up on a regional basis er er Robert talked to you a couple of months ago about the initiatives that he 's taking from our and that again is a very much of a cross practice initiative er which is drawing on all the skills that we 've got within the with within the office penetrate the middle market sector and we are going to er specifically use er our grounds expertise and er computer audit expertise as a product which we saw would be attractive to these er these sort of companies . |
| 12 | ‘ The marshal , ’ complained one of his officers even before they set out on the futile march to Carlisle , ‘ is infirm and peevish … both in body and mind , forgetful , irresolute and perplext . ’ |
| 13 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 14 | In Siam , Thomson teamed up with a journalist called Kennedy , and , together with a large entourage , they set off on a perilous journey to Cambodia . |
| 15 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 16 | A spokesman for Rothmans , who have factories in Darlington and Spennymoor , said : ‘ We are a major employer in County Durham and it seemed natural to support the team as it sets off on a new challenge as a first-class county . |
| 17 | But if the evening is free of specific engagements , he sets off on a well-worn route by 8.30 or 9 pm . |
| 18 | Now he sets out on the second stage of the journey , with Sarai , his childless wife , and his nephew Lot . |
| 19 | He is a great example to anyone who has a setback and it is marvellous to hear how he has put adversity behind him as he sets out on the long slog round the tough pro circuit once again . |
| 20 | He set out on a surging run for goal and held off the challenge of Moore and Benali before sending a low shot past Stejskal . |
| 21 | And he accepts that he set out on the lonely road to stardom too early in life . |
| 22 | He set out on the infamous traverse , then decided I was not up to it and we must engineer a retreat . |
| 23 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 24 | He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon . |
| 25 | The floor of his room was like a maze , with tower-blocks of books , whole walls of them set out on the thin carpet and holed linoleum so that only small corridors for him to walk in remained between them . |