Example sentences of "[noun prp] set [adv] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 OOam on a crisp Spring morning , 2O staff from Wallington set off on a 46 mile sponsored bike ride from Wallington to Brighton .
2 Markby set out on a different line of approach .
3 Yorkshire set out on the final day in a difficult position , still 130 runs away from making Hampshire bat again , but with all wickets in hand .
4 In practice , Oxfordshire , Somerset , Leicestershire and Coventry set out on an ambitious exercise simultaneously with the development of the Northern Record of Achievement and the London Record of Achievement .
5 COUNTRY star Daniel O'Donnell sets out on a 46-date UK tour next week … after fears that he might never perform again .
6 In carrying out the balancing exercise Hoffmann J. set out on the one hand the enormous losses caused to a listed public company , the interests of the creditors of B. & C. , the public interest in having the whole matter investigated and the need of the administrators to find out the true financial position of the company and the truth of the representations made concerning it .
7 Fleischmann and Pons set out on a different course initially , but one that had already been charted in Europe in the 1920s and 30s .
8 Flavia set out on an aimless walk .
9 Constantius set out on a determined course of retribution , seeking out all the followers of Magnentius and exacting punishment by execution , imprisonment and confiscation of their estates and wealth .
10 Phil Leigh set off on a mazy run , negotiating numerous tackles before crossing from the byeline to Wagstaff who found the net .
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