Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OOam on a crisp Spring morning , 2O staff from Wallington set off on a 46 mile sponsored bike ride from Wallington to Brighton . |
| 2 | He handed her a plate of freshly baked ensaimadas from a tray set out on a white linen cloth . |
| 3 | Markby set out on a different line of approach . |
| 4 | Panic set in on the twelfth day when , after ‘ lifting ’ milk , a lorry picking up the churns stopped , the driver beckoning Harry . |
| 5 | An opportunity for escape occurred shortly afterwards when she and Wordsworth set off on a walking tour into the Wye Valley . |
| 6 | The Martin Hannett-produced ‘ Get Better ’ is their second 45 since singing to the Belgian label and the band set out on a European tour in March including a date at The Locomotive in Paris on March 20 . |
| 7 | JOE STRUMMER Last summer the former Clash singer set out on the fairly unequivocal ‘ Rock Against The Rich ’ tour , where he sounded pretty fed up about everything . |
| 8 | Yorkshire set out on the final day in a difficult position , still 130 runs away from making Hampshire bat again , but with all wickets in hand . |
| 9 | In practice , Oxfordshire , Somerset , Leicestershire and Coventry set out on an ambitious exercise simultaneously with the development of the Northern Record of Achievement and the London Record of Achievement . |
| 10 | After watching the train steam away with Christian waving from an open carriage window until he was out of sight , Carrie and Seb set off on the return journey in the gig . |
| 11 | The rope was attached to the tree , the crew set up on the bank , and we got ready to do three or four runs past the camera with Matt and me so busy arguing about baptising the Indians that we could n't see the danger behind us which the audience could see for themselves . |
| 12 | WHEN Tim Barranger and his wife set off on a shopping trip from their home in Ilkley , Yorkshire they asked the inspector on their train for the cheapest day-return ticket to Leeds . |
| 13 | could be the two of them they just , when er , when Lee set out on a Saturday evening with er Kevin and they often sit there and er have a , er a bit of a snack , supper , light supper and er |
| 14 | In carrying out the balancing exercise Hoffmann J. set out on the one hand the enormous losses caused to a listed public company , the interests of the creditors of B. & C. , the public interest in having the whole matter investigated and the need of the administrators to find out the true financial position of the company and the truth of the representations made concerning it . |
| 15 | Fleischmann and Pons set out on a different course initially , but one that had already been charted in Europe in the 1920s and 30s . |
| 16 | We were glad enough that the weather seemed set fair for the remainder of our voyage and next morning set off on the last few miles of our northerly course to round the utmost tip of Shetland . |
| 17 | Four children and their father set off on a bear hunt in high spirits , but by the time they 've forded a river , squelched through mud , survived a snowstorm and a wild wood to penetrate the bear 's dark cave , all they are capable of is running home again , with bear in hot pursuit . |
| 18 | Flavia set out on an aimless walk . |
| 19 | In 776 , when the Frankish army set out on the second invasion of Italy to quell the rebellious supporters of Prince Adelchis , the Westphalians and Engrialls revolted . |
| 20 | This nest set up on the flat lands beyond the power stations on the south east coast will provide the evidence to Bill and his bird watching colleagues It 's not only the owls that fly at night , waders will feed at any time , but the rising tide will force them to leave the mud flats day or night |
| 21 | From 1900 von Koerber 's government set out on a programme of economic and cultural modernization . |
| 22 | Then we fell on the food set out on the table . |
| 23 | The farm set out on a series of club-style UK shows in the wake of their successful September gig at London 's Town and Country Club , which featured DJs Dean Thatcher and Rocky & Diesel . |
| 24 | The farm set out on a series of club-style UK shows in the wake of their successful September gig at London 's Town and Country Club , which featured DJs Dean Thatcher and Rocky & Diesel . |
| 25 | ‘ And he dreamed , and behold a ladder set up on the earth , and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it . ’ |
| 26 | In January 1960 Macmillan set out on a tour of Africa , first stopping in Ghana : ‘ Nkrumah was an engaging character with much charm of manner and courtesy ’ , he writes . |
| 27 | Constantius set out on a determined course of retribution , seeking out all the followers of Magnentius and exacting punishment by execution , imprisonment and confiscation of their estates and wealth . |
| 28 | In July , the month in which Vincent was enrolled at the mission school , a desperate Tolstoy and his friend Stakhov set off on a pilgrimage to the Optina Pustyn Monastery not far from Moscow . |
| 29 | ( Gen. 12.1 ) So Abram set out on a journey where faith rather than sight would be the guiding light , seeking a home , a city , a country . |
| 30 | DURING my time in Germany ( 1984-88 ) the British Ambassadors in Bonn and East Berlin would twice a year set off on an official tour , once in his territory and once in mine , to gather impressions about the relationship between the two parts of the divided German nation and how it might develop . |