Example sentences of "we set [adv] on [art] " 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 With full combat kit , helmet , rifle and webbing , and weighed down by a thirty-five pound rucksack , we set off on a run .
4 My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’
5 Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse .
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