Example sentences of "set [adv] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was able to set off on a totally different , and more professional , tack . |
| 2 | He now travelled in disguise from St Malo on 18 December 1715 , to Dunkirk , from where , after a six-week wait , he was at last able to set off on a small eight-gun 200-tonner , for Scotland . |
| 3 | Well , it happened that Maureen and Aubrey were about to set off on a round-Britain motoring holiday . |
| 4 | Fresh from the indulgence of driving the fastest and most powerful Jaguar saloon ever built over several hundred kilometres of demanding roads , I was about to set off on a journey that would take me from one end of Europe to the other . |
| 5 | ‘ Guv'nor says you 're to set off on the side nearest him , ’ Bob said briefly . |
| 6 | The Vimy was constructed on February 13 , it was No 13 of the batch , the Vickers crew numbered 13 , the Vimy reached Newfoundland on May 26 ( twice 13 ) , Jack arrived in Newfoundland on May 13 , and because 13 was lucky to him Jack wanted to set off on the attempt on June 13 . |
| 7 | It was time for News on Sunday to set off on the trail of the people and organizations who had theorized about the prospects for a popular left-wing newspaper for so long . |
| 8 | They would expect to learn of the success of the Tay landings , and to set off on the seven miles that would take them to the central strongholds of Alba , already besieged by their fellows . |
| 9 | She had built up a good little business in the indoor market-hall and now she and George had amassed enough in the bank to set up on a farm of their own . |
| 10 | For an artist to travel is to set out on a visual adventure which may or may not end in fulfilment . |
| 11 | It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ? |
| 12 | You are about to set out on an interesting and formative experience , something that is likely to have a major impact on your life . |
| 13 | Set right on the Grand Canal this hotel is at the heart of Venice . |
| 14 | Within ten minutes the shark was visible but it then set off on a strong deep dive taking 100 yards of line despite a heavy drag setting . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot . |
| 18 | First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right . |
| 19 | After the naming of an HST Power Car ‘ Great Western at Paddington by Brian Scott , Director InterCity Great Western , and Peter Noble , the Great , Great Grandson of I.K. Brunel , a 140-strong VIP party of press , businesspeople and InterCity staff set off on a special non-stop run to Devon , covering the 193 miles to Newton Abbot in two hours 33.5 minutes — an average speed of 92 miles per hour ! |
| 20 | Without the dehumidifier the crew would often be cold and wet even before they set off on a mission . |
| 21 | With full combat kit , helmet , rifle and webbing , and weighed down by a thirty-five pound rucksack , we set off on a run . |
| 22 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 23 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 24 | ALDWYCH Group staff set off on a treasure hunt — only to find they had to visit 15 pubs en route ! |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It happened shortly after 500 athletes set off on the Rowntree Athletic Club 's 10-mile road race at the weekend . |
| 27 | THIS MORNING at 7am , 1,250 pairs of arms will churn the warm blue water of the Pacific into foam as the competitors set off on the first , swimming stage of the 11th Ironman Triathlon on and around the little resort of Kailua-Kona here . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |