Example sentences of "to set [adv] on his " in BNC.
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| 1 | After my four days Ken was to set off on his own curtailed family holiday . |
| 2 | A month later , just before he was about to set off on his journey ‘ into the interior by way of Namoi , Gould wrote to Sir John Franklin in Hobart of his progress so far : ‘ After spending a fortnight in the lowland brushes I proceeded to the upper districts and the Liverpool ranges whence I have just returned having made several discoveries of new species both of Birds and Quadrupeds , of the latter I believe I have two new kinds of Kangaroo . ’ |
| 3 | Gerald plans to set off on his trip in December . |
| 4 | This however proved to be the catalyst that Bowran needed to set up on his own . |
| 5 | Kind souls , such as Mr Smith , who had reckoned that Tiller had encouraged his son to set up on his own , were proved wrong . |
| 6 | Stork was attracted to the idea of headhunting , but less to the idea of working for GKR , so he decided to set up on his own , working at both headhunting and marketing consulting . |
| 7 | Eventually it may become so big that one of the young sons may be able to set up on his own in one corner of it . |
| 8 | A disagreement over patients ' preparation and post-operational recovery regime resulted in Daniel leaving his father in 1763 to set up on his own at Ingatestone , Essex . |