Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I set up on the same spot as in the previous summer , but this time my luck was different . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
4 | Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Then , once dressed , I set out on the great excursion : shopping , errands , and a treat in a cafe . |
7 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
8 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |
9 | It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | You y if you set out on a train under normal circumstances you 're confident that you 're going to arrive in London at |
13 | I arrived at the Castle early on Monday morning , and after a glass of rum and milk , we set out on the road . |
14 | But , thanks to the kindness of a lady in the petrol depot who agreed to phone our host when a delivery was about to be made and where , we eventually refuelled at about 9.00 am on Thursday we set out on the last leg of our journey . |
15 | With full combat kit , helmet , rifle and webbing , and weighed down by a thirty-five pound rucksack , we set off on a run . |
16 | My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’ |
17 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
18 | ‘ The marshal , ’ complained one of his officers even before they set out on the futile march to Carlisle , ‘ is infirm and peevish … both in body and mind , forgetful , irresolute and perplext . ’ |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Without the dehumidifier the crew would often be cold and wet even before they set off on a mission . |
21 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | At eleven they set off on the heralded and substantial walk . |