Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] set [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old cheese presses which had lain dusty in the stable loft were brought down with difficulty on account of their immense weight and set up on the flagged floor . |
| 2 | Left-winger Darren Junee brilliantly slipped round his marker , James Reynolds , just before half-time and set off on a jinking run down the left wing . |
| 3 | After lunch , either from members ' own nosebags or from the Museum café , we reboarded our coach and set off on a magical mystery tour in search of Butterley and the M.R.C. It is quite fun ‘ turning round ’ on a fairly busy main road in a large coach ! |
| 4 | Dara fled back to Agra and set off on the road to Delhi without daring to face his father . |
| 5 | She had walked out of the corner-shop and set off on the primrose path , which led rapidly downhill . |
| 6 | The following day she caught an early train from King 's Cross station and set off on the two-hundred-mile journey north . |
| 7 | As the sun sinks , the young bats stream from the cave-mouth like smoke and set off on the first stage of their long journey south . |
| 8 | Fortified for a final fight , we stuffed everything into our sacks and set off on the laborious slog back up Coire Raibeirt for a buffeted race against darkness over the plateau and down to the vast , eerily deserted car park . |
| 9 | In the audience was Paul Palmer , a geophysicist , and it was from this that Jones became involved with solid state fusion and set out on the road that led to his interactions with Fleischmann and Pons . |
| 10 | A man must take up his pilgrim 's staff and set out on the farthest journey of all towards the very horizons of thought and dwell there always . |
| 11 | Dare to dream , shrug off any criticism or doubt and set off on the journey that you hope will eventually take you to a better world . |
| 12 | But Mr Clinton , 46 , was yesterday taking no chances and set out on a final round-the-clock trek to nine states before heading home today to cast his own vote . |
| 13 | Within six months , however , he had left the Party and set out on the road that led to the formation of the British Union of Fascists in 1932 . |