Example sentences of "[pers pn] set off on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And so it came to pass that when we broke up for the summer holidays in 1941 , I set off on my bike to the farmer 's new settlement . |
| 3 | A British supporter thrust a Union Jack into my hand and I set off on my lap of honour , the first British sprinter to win the title in forty years , the first black man ever to win it . |
| 4 | ‘ Watch out ! ’ you yelled as I set off on holiday . |
| 5 | Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco . |
| 6 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Try to make sure that the three of you go for walks together , taking it in turns to hold her lead , and when you set off on your own , avoid any big ‘ goodbye ’ fussing . |
| 10 | It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In 1930 she set off on her first solo long distance flight and broke the record from England to Australia . |
| 13 | THE husband of Julie Godwin told last night how he kissed her goodbye as she set off on her fateful holiday to South Africa . |
| 14 | Combining the public relations exercise of showing herself to her people with the need to exhibit her legal powers , she set off on court circuits or justice eyres which inevitably had to include the crime-ridden Borders . |
| 15 | My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’ |
| 16 | Armed with a canal guide and a confidence inspiring wave from Roger we set off on our gentle adventure . |
| 17 | At about midnight we set off on our way back to Hal Far . |
| 18 | With full combat kit , helmet , rifle and webbing , and weighed down by a thirty-five pound rucksack , we set off on a run . |
| 19 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They set off on 17 January , carried by Captain Hunter 's LRDG patrol and navigated once again by Mike Sadler . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Landing briefly at Sarzana to take aboard a Regia Marina observer , they set off on their mission , but at 1520 were intercepted by seven fighters which they identified as Hurricanes , but were in fact Fulmars of 808 Squadron . |
| 24 | As soon as they set off on separate duties , they both visibly relaxed . |
| 25 | In the women 's competition , the Long Road squad , led by Norfolk 's top two county players Amanda Brown and Judy Rich , were favourites to win the national title for indoor tennis clubs — and they soon showed why , as they set off on their victory trail with a quick dismissal of Queen 's in the opening doubles rubber of the semi-final . |
| 26 | Without the dehumidifier the crew would often be cold and wet even before they set off on a mission . |
| 27 | At eleven they set off on the heralded and substantial walk . |
| 28 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 29 | Michele rejoined her and they set off on foot . |
| 30 | After her husband told her they had been ruined by Wickens , she stormed off to confront him , only to see him setting off on his bicycle . |