Example sentences of "[pers pn] set out on [art] " in BNC.

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1 Then , once dressed , I set out on the great excursion : shopping , errands , and a treat in a cafe .
2 And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield .
3 Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success .
4 You y if you set out on a train under normal circumstances you 're confident that you 're going to arrive in London at
5 I arrived at the Castle early on Monday morning , and after a glass of rum and milk , we set out on the road .
6 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 .
7 ‘ 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 . ’
8 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 .
9 Now he sets out on the second stage of the journey , with Sarai , his childless wife , and his nephew Lot .
10 He is a great example to anyone who has a setback and it is marvellous to hear how he has put adversity behind him as he sets out on the long slog round the tough pro circuit once again .
11 He set out on a surging run for goal and held off the challenge of Moore and Benali before sending a low shot past Stejskal .
12 In early June , poised between elation and despair , he set out on a walking tour with an amiably dull university friend , Joseph Hucks .
13 His wife and daughter were mugged and raped and he set out on a trail of revenge killings in cold blood , making himself bait for the muggers .
14 And he accepts that he set out on the lonely road to stardom too early in life .
15 He set out on the infamous traverse , then decided I was not up to it and we must engineer a retreat .
16 Business Post , the express mail and parcel carrier went to TEC Consultants for advice when it set out on the path of getting its network accredited two years ago .
17 The floor of his room was like a maze , with tower-blocks of books , whole walls of them set out on the thin carpet and holed linoleum so that only small corridors for him to walk in remained between them .
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