Example sentences of "i set out on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It wo n't be long before I set out on my expedition and I do n't think he 'll be fit to run away from me . ’ |
| 2 | So Tom , the A to Z and I set out on ‘ a voyage of discovery into the vast unknown ’ … |
| 3 | As I set out on that Christmas afternoon , I planned to learn as I went along . |
| 4 | Then , once dressed , I set out on the great excursion : shopping , errands , and a treat in a cafe . |
| 5 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
| 6 | But it passed , quicker than any marsh fever , as I set out on my journey to Berlin — and was replaced by emotion , by the accession of innumerable sensitivities , not without their pivotal elements of pain . |
| 7 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |
| 8 | 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 . |