Example sentences of "we set [adv prt] on " in BNC.

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1 I arrived at the Castle early on Monday morning , and after a glass of rum and milk , we set out on the road .
2 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 .
3 My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’
4 Armed with a canal guide and a confidence inspiring wave from Roger we set off on our gentle adventure .
5 At about midnight we set off on our way back to Hal Far .
6 With full combat kit , helmet , rifle and webbing , and weighed down by a thirty-five pound rucksack , we set off on a run .
7 Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse .
8 Er we set up on a regional basis er er Robert talked to you a couple of months ago about the initiatives that he 's taking from our and that again is a very much of a cross practice initiative er which is drawing on all the skills that we 've got within the with within the office penetrate the middle market sector and we are going to er specifically use er our grounds expertise and er computer audit expertise as a product which we saw would be attractive to these er these sort of companies .
9 Now we had quite a problem trying to obtain erm a bottle size the two litre size at a reasonable price when we set out on this er thing .
10 I think it will a long way , but you 're quite to draw it to us , and to ask us to set out on that road .
11 Usually in May we hire a coach and about 50 of us set off on a 3-day , 2-night hotel stay .
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