Example sentences of "[verb] set [adv] on the " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Hammond moved from the doorway , picking up the map Kim had set down on the table . |
3 | The lion 's share of Singapore 's exports is produced by the 3,000-odd foreign companies that have set up on the island . |
4 | A TRIO of Cleveland pensioners have set off on the trip of a lifetime to the bulbfields of Holland . |
5 | But he , or she , does need to be within striking distance of yourself , especially when you have set out on the tricky waters of the novel . |