Example sentences of "[pron] set out on [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Froissart in his Chronicles describes the probably schizophrenic Charles VI , who set out on a punitive expedition to Brittany , in spite of being ordered to rest by his doctors , who had evidently recognised the signs of an approaching attack .
2 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 .
3 And he accepts that he set out on the lonely road to stardom too early in life .
4 He set out on the infamous traverse , then decided I was not up to it and we must engineer a retreat .
5 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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