Example sentences of "[pers pn] set off on [art] " 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 So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey .
3 Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco .
4 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 .
5 It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 With full combat kit , helmet , rifle and webbing , and weighed down by a thirty-five pound rucksack , we set off on a run .
9 My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’
10 Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse .
11 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 .
12 Without the dehumidifier the crew would often be cold and wet even before they set off on a mission .
13 Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps .
14 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 .
15 At eleven they set off on the heralded and substantial walk .
16 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 .
17 But if the evening is free of specific engagements , he sets off on a well-worn route by 8.30 or 9 pm .
18 With a helping hand from Sister Jacqui Littlewood , he sets off on a ‘ police ’ trolley bike for a minor op .
19 He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets .
20 He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon .
21 Immediately afterwards , he set off on a journey into Dorset , determined to repay Wordsworth 's visit of two months earlier .
22 He set off on a ‘ Grand Tour ’ of Europe , following directions and advice from his friend Andrew Balfour ( later published posthumously as Letters to a Friend ) .
23 Thomas Hargreaves , 39 , whose parents live at Llangoed , has not been seen since last Thursday , when he set off on a hike through a forest towards a glacier , close to south east Alaskan town of Juneau .
24 Two things mattered to Mr Major when he set off on the campaign road a month ago .
25 At the age of only nine , he set off on the London coach , and said a sudden and bewildered farewell both to his family and to his Devon childhood .
26 Usually in May we hire a coach and about 50 of us set off on a 3-day , 2-night hotel stay .
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