Example sentences of "set [adv] [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO Britons set off yesterday on the first trans-atlantic hot-air balloon race . |
| 2 | Although the house in which Eric was now hidden was an isolated one , we could n't exclude the possibility of a German search , so I set off there on my bicycle while the Germans were still questioning people . |
| 3 | Most of the red-throated divers which appear in the inshore voes at this time will be local breeders , and territories and relationships will be sorted out with much caterwauling and chasing before the successful pair set up home on some peaty pool . |
| 4 | Already in his fifties , Borrow was not apparently disconcerted to find the coach meeting the train at Plymouth was full but set out accordingly on foot to St. Cleer , where he was offered hospitality by the Taylor family at Penquite Farm . |
| 5 | His eyes , blue-green , were set widely apart on a face which was defining itself rapidly now as unforgettable . |
| 6 | Can I interrupt and say at the moment that there 's a vast difference between a site which is set up indiscriminately on some layby somewhere with no direction or control and no facilities there , and the sort of the thing that we 're talking about . |
| 7 | ‘ As you saw , I 've got my tent set up now on the island . |
| 8 | Display to be set up late on Friday evening and removed after dinner on the Saturday . |
| 9 | These have set up home on top of a suspended ceiling . |
| 10 | It 's also important to preserve original documents imposing restrictive covenants , granting or reserving easements , etc , since the terms of these are often not set out fully on the Register , and reference to them , and to the exact terms of a covenant , may be necessary at a later date . |
| 11 | And even if the weather is passable , low level walks will take you to places you 'd perhaps never have tried if you 're one of the many walkers whose sights are normally set pretty firmly on the heights . |
| 12 | With his amused , unshocked expression , his bush-hat set so jauntily on the back of his head , this American was difficult to take . |
| 13 | And both Bramble and Quince were relieved when their respective charges had finished lunch and set off again on their quest . |
| 14 | PRESIDENT Bush and Democrat Bill Clinton , the man who looks set to beat him in today 's US Presidential election , set off yesterday on election eve odyssies . |
| 15 | Party members can leave Britain , set up home on the other side of the world and retain their membership cards under Walworth Road 's overseas membership arrangements . |
| 16 | When I first set up home on my own I had so many bits of ill-assorted furniture that various friends and relatives had given me , that it was difficult to ever imagine having a beautiful home . |
| 17 | A song thrush opted for a life on the road when it set up home on a pick-up truck at Harwell , see below . |
| 18 | Er and can we in fact see your views as to the strategic reserve set out fully on page two of that particular ? |
| 19 | the body set out anew on its adventures . |