Example sentences of "set [adv] on this " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if he had to set out on this nonsensical journey to the Fire Court with the Humans , it would be as well to just stock up a bit for his return . |
| 2 | I have gone much further than I intended when I set out on this report and am already beginning to regret the substantial breach in normal departmental procedures which this has involved . |
| 3 | Directly to his left the flint walls of Martyr 's Cottage glistened like marbles in the afternoon sun and less than half a mile to the north , set back among the Californian pines which fringed that part of the coast , was the dull square cottage rented by Hilary Robarts , a neatly proportional suburban villa incongruously set down on this bleak headland and facing inland as if resolutely ignoring the sea . |
| 4 | In 1962 ELDO was set up on this basis — with the L standing for launcher . |
| 5 | ‘ Then came the day when I snapped off my Marigolds , flung them in the marbleised pedal bin — well it was n't marbleised then , but it is now — and set off on this glittering career . |
| 6 | 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 . |