Example sentences of "set off on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within ten minutes the shark was visible but it then set off on a strong deep dive taking 100 yards of line despite a heavy drag setting . |
| 2 | What they had said really ‘ took seed ’ a few months later , when I set off on a world trip for seven months , and during that time the friend I was with , Ella , decided a few times , in different parts of the world , to lose some weight and tone up . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot . |
| 5 | First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right . |
| 6 | After the naming of an HST Power Car ‘ Great Western at Paddington by Brian Scott , Director InterCity Great Western , and Peter Noble , the Great , Great Grandson of I.K. Brunel , a 140-strong VIP party of press , businesspeople and InterCity staff set off on a special non-stop run to Devon , covering the 193 miles to Newton Abbot in two hours 33.5 minutes — an average speed of 92 miles per hour ! |
| 7 | Without the dehumidifier the crew would often be cold and wet even before they set off on a mission . |
| 8 | With full combat kit , helmet , rifle and webbing , and weighed down by a thirty-five pound rucksack , we set off on a run . |
| 9 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 10 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 11 | ALDWYCH Group staff set off on a treasure hunt — only to find they had to visit 15 pubs en route ! |
| 12 | Their lack of routine means you can often encourage them to feed when you want them to — such as just before you set off on an outing . |
| 13 | It happened shortly after 500 athletes set off on the Rowntree Athletic Club 's 10-mile road race at the weekend . |
| 14 | THIS MORNING at 7am , 1,250 pairs of arms will churn the warm blue water of the Pacific into foam as the competitors set off on the first , swimming stage of the 11th Ironman Triathlon on and around the little resort of Kailua-Kona here . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco . |
| 19 | I went home to the cottage , had an early supper , then set off on the walk to the post office . |
| 20 | After such a day of damage it was a somewhat depleted fleet which set off on the return journey on Sunday . |
| 21 | At eleven they set off on the heralded and substantial walk . |
| 22 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 23 | 156 cars set off on the rally on Sunday . |
| 24 | 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 . |