Example sentences of "set [adv prt] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would expect to learn of the success of the Tay landings , and to set off on the seven miles that would take them to the central strongholds of Alba , already besieged by their fellows . |
| 2 | For an artist to travel is to set out on a visual adventure which may or may not end in fulfilment . |
| 3 | It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ? |
| 4 | It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot . |
| 5 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 6 | First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right . |
| 7 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I think one of the things the American companies often do is that , rather than set up on a green field site , they often buy into an existing company , erm , and therefore it 's , it 's , it 's a , it 's a somewhat different form of investment to the |
| 12 | I set up on the same spot as in the previous summer , but this time my luck was different . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | Set out on the Great Package Tour of the Skies . ’ |
| 15 | Then , once dressed , I set out on the great excursion : shopping , errands , and a treat in a cafe . |
| 16 | There was a damp start for fund-raisers yesterday , when walkers set out on the annual march from Cultra to Bangor to raise funds for the Northern Ireland Hospice in Belfast 's Somerton Road . |
| 17 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
| 18 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Set out on the white lace tablecloth were matching cups and saucers , and a plate with bread and butter and teacakes on it . |
| 21 | Most people provide small items set out on an open plan system , which gives the children a great deal of choice . |
| 22 | For , all in the instant of his book and glass being set down on a nearby table ‘ You 're afraid of me , Fabia ? ’ he demanded to know in a straightforward , no nonsense manner . |
| 23 | They had set off on a sunny morning to paddle their canoes a short distance along the Dorset coastline from the St Albans Centre , Lyme Regis . |
| 24 | MOUNTAIN adventurer Rebecca Stephens was yesterday thought to have set off on the final stage of a climb which will make her the first British women to reach the top of Everest . |
| 25 | With a spreadsheet set up on a personal computer , this requires very little time to calculate and provides a direct guide to strategies concerned with cost leadership . |
| 26 | Simone 's Studios command fantastic views of the coastline of mainland Greece and Albania , as they 're set up on a small hill looking out over the bay of Benitses . |
| 27 | This particular perversion , I notice , like every other , has been set up on a professional basis in go-getting New York . |
| 28 | In one form — the earliest is usually attributed to the Boston Consulting Group , USA — a 3 × 3 matrix is set up on the two axes as in Figure 2.4 . |
| 29 | I have founded my judgment upon the grounds which I have already expressed , but I do not wish to be understood as thereby negativing the proposition that a defence might be set up on the alternative basis mentioned by Willes J. In my opinion this appeal should be allowed . |
| 30 | Well , the main Control Room is , it 's the centre of all the communications set up on the operational side for the Fire Brigade . |