Example sentences of "set [adv prt] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room was silent as she scrabbled in her box of pieces and , from the very bottom , produced a couple that she set down on the board with two decisive clicks . |
| 2 | She had walked out of the corner-shop and set off on the primrose path , which led rapidly downhill . |
| 3 | On the day agreed , travel from any station to Goschenen by rail on a special round-journey ticket , take over the reserved hire-cycle there , and set off on the journey of exploration downhill on the old cantonal road , taking as much time , and with as many halts , as suits you . |
| 4 | Dare to dream , shrug off any criticism or doubt and set off on the journey that you hope will eventually take you to a better world . |
| 5 | After watching the train steam away with Christian waving from an open carriage window until he was out of sight , Carrie and Seb set off on the return journey in the gig . |
| 6 | The inhabitants of Stowey for their part were already passing judgement as Coleridge , Southey and Henry Poole set off on the road back to Shurton . |
| 7 | Dara fled back to Agra and set off on the road to Delhi without daring to face his father . |
| 8 | He stood up abruptly , and without explanation or offer of assistance , set off on the descent to the factory floor . |
| 9 | Two things mattered to Mr Major when he set off on the campaign road a month ago . |
| 10 | ‘ And he dreamed , and behold a ladder set up on the earth , and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it . ’ |
| 11 | The rope was attached to the tree , the crew set up on the bank , and we got ready to do three or four runs past the camera with Matt and me so busy arguing about baptising the Indians that we could n't see the danger behind us which the audience could see for themselves . |
| 12 | The two exiles fall in together and set out on the adventure of becoming a suburban couple . |
| 13 | In early November Coleridge and the Wordsworths , whose deep and intuitive friendship had begun by now to exclude not only Sara but even Tom Poole , set out on the road to Porlock which Coleridge had taken the previous month . |
| 14 | Within six months , however , he had left the Party and set out on the road that led to the formation of the British Union of Fascists in 1932 . |
| 15 | In the audience was Paul Palmer , a geophysicist , and it was from this that Jones became involved with solid state fusion and set out on the road that led to his interactions with Fleischmann and Pons . |
| 16 | We ate at a low round table set out on the foredeck , splendid meals of hot ful beans , salads of tomatoes and onions , and fresh fish from the river . |
| 17 | Then we fell on the food set out on the table . |
| 18 | All goods supplied by the Seller shall be in accordance with ( i ) the current edition of the relevant Product Description Leaflet as published from time to time by the Seller ( copies of which are available from the Seller upon request ) and ( ii ) those further specifications or descriptions ( if any ) expressly listed or set out on the face of the Order . |
| 19 | Business Post , the express mail and parcel carrier went to TEC Consultants for advice when it set out on the path of getting its network accredited two years ago . |