Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set up on the same spot as in the previous summer , but this time my luck was different . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 4 | Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Then , once dressed , I set out on the great excursion : shopping , errands , and a treat in a cafe . |
| 7 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
| 8 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |
| 9 | It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 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 | You y if you set out on a train under normal circumstances you 're confident that you 're going to arrive in London at |
| 13 | The room was silent as she scrabbled in her box of pieces and , from the very bottom , produced a couple that she set down on the board with two decisive clicks . |
| 14 | I arrived at the Castle early on Monday morning , and after a glass of rum and milk , we set out on the road . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | With full combat kit , helmet , rifle and webbing , and weighed down by a thirty-five pound rucksack , we set off on a run . |
| 17 | My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’ |
| 18 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 19 | Er we set up on a regional basis er er Robert talked to you a couple of months ago about the initiatives that he 's taking from our and that again is a very much of a cross practice initiative er which is drawing on all the skills that we 've got within the with within the office penetrate the middle market sector and we are going to er specifically use er our grounds expertise and er computer audit expertise as a product which we saw would be attractive to these er these sort of companies . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Without the dehumidifier the crew would often be cold and wet even before they set off on a mission . |
| 23 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | At eleven they set off on the heralded and substantial walk . |
| 26 | Is it set up on the system , word processing ? |
| 27 | A spokesman for Rothmans , who have factories in Darlington and Spennymoor , said : ‘ We are a major employer in County Durham and it seemed natural to support the team as it sets off on a new challenge as a first-class county . |
| 28 | But if the evening is free of specific engagements , he sets off on a well-worn route by 8.30 or 9 pm . |
| 29 | With a helping hand from Sister Jacqui Littlewood , he sets off on a ‘ police ’ trolley bike for a minor op . |
| 30 | Waving his cheque book for $10 000 ( ready to Day to anyone who can produce convincing psychic phenomena ) he sets out on the exposure trail . |