Example sentences of "[noun prp] set [adv prt] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An opportunity for escape occurred shortly afterwards when she and Wordsworth set off on a walking tour into the Wye Valley . |
| 2 | After watching the train steam away with Christian waving from an open carriage window until he was out of sight , Carrie and Seb set off on the return journey in the gig . |
| 3 | could be the two of them they just , when er , when Lee set out on a Saturday evening with er Kevin and they often sit there and er have a , er a bit of a snack , supper , light supper and er |
| 4 | In January 1960 Macmillan set out on a tour of Africa , first stopping in Ghana : ‘ Nkrumah was an engaging character with much charm of manner and courtesy ’ , he writes . |
| 5 | In July , the month in which Vincent was enrolled at the mission school , a desperate Tolstoy and his friend Stakhov set off on a pilgrimage to the Optina Pustyn Monastery not far from Moscow . |
| 6 | ( Gen. 12.1 ) So Abram set out on a journey where faith rather than sight would be the guiding light , seeking a home , a city , a country . |
| 7 | The inhabitants of Stowey for their part were already passing judgement as Coleridge , Southey and Henry Poole set off on the road back to Shurton . |