Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv prt] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They squatted down on a narrow ice ledge . |
| 4 | With almost half the present team threatening to retire at the end of the season — and who can blame them if it means that they go out on a high note — this was excellent news . |
| 5 | So they sat down on a big , flat , comfortable stone in the grass . |
| 6 | If we fail to take this opportunity Mr Mayor , as I as I feel we are about to do I am a hundred percent convinced that in years to come people will look back at this year , or however long it happens to be and say they missed out on a golden opportunity to make social , to make more houses and to make social housing better in this city and across the country . |
| 7 | International Championships … they missed out on a certain double when they had to scratch from the Paris International regatta due to an illness to Pinsent . |