Example sentences of "and embarked on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark bought an elephant , Tara , for £4000 and embarked on a 600 mile trek with five eccentric Indian companions , from Konarak on the shores of the Bay of Bengal to Sonepur by the mighty River Ganges . |
| 2 | Happily for their manager Sebastiao Lazaroni , the Brazilians are now unbeaten in 15 games and embarked on a run which they hope will carry them to Turin next summer on a wave of confidence and efficiency . |
| 3 | In 1986 the English YHA did some market research , learnt some painful truths and embarked on a modernisation programme unhandily titled ‘ The Product Development Marketing Plan ’ . |
| 4 | By the 1830s , Clutterbuck had bought the mill , and embarked on a series of improvements and extensions , creating one of the largest mill complexes in the Chalford area . |
| 5 | Group spokesperson Fatima Whitbread commented : ‘ The commercial activities of the club and its members will provide sufficient monies through the athletes ' individual trust funds to cover the period when they are no longer involved as competing athletes and embarked on a new career . ’ |
| 6 | The club and its supporters saw themselves as part of the mythical ‘ aristocracy ’ of football but Macari insisted they were out of touch with modern football and embarked on a mission to toughen the team and its image . |
| 7 | So , as Japan re-entered the wider world and embarked on a programme of change to deal with it , in dealing with her neighbours Japan faced a mirror image of her relations with the West . |
| 8 | She decided to make some changes and embarked on a quest which took her to , among other places , an ashram in Wales and a three-week ‘ Relationships Seminar ’ in Hawaii ( price $8,000 ) run by an American called Chuck Spezzano . |
| 9 | Instantly , Tam flew from the kitchen and embarked on a histrionic welcome display . |
| 10 | In 1935 Humphrys left the public service and embarked on a career in the City . |
| 11 | He travelled under his new name to Afghanistan and embarked on a decade of pioneering travel and antiquarian investigation . |
| 12 | He started to write a regular column for a Chicago weekly newspaper , and embarked on a series of radio interviews , talking about Syria 's occupation of Lebanon and its involvement in narco-terrorism . |
| 13 | commissioned a new cereal plant and embarked on a capital project which will double output of breakfast cereals in France . |
| 14 | ‘ Then I 'll get some , ’ she decided on the spot , and embarked on a small spending spree , ending up with a bottle of Becherovka , a bottle of plum brandy called Slivovitz and a presentation box of some sweet wafer biscuits called Oplatky which were traditional to the area . |