set the wheels in motion
set the wheels turning

She'd set the wheels in motion and she had to see things through to the end.

If he'd been a child or a teenager, then perhaps we might just have set the wheels in motion.

The inspiration drawn from that meeting set the wheels in motion.

But still, I'm happy that you remembered the other children and set the wheels in motion to free them."

"What do you mean: set the wheels in motion?"

"Now that we've finally set the wheels in motion, I'm impatient for my father to die.

I'll set the wheels in motion, you could have it by Friday.'

When she didn't show, they set the wheels in motion."

This set the wheels in motion for more combiner teams on both sides.

Several years ago, Richardson had set the wheels in motion to have the base decommissioned.

Some foot-kisser standing by set the wheels in motion.

I could set the wheels in motion in all five continents simultaneously.

He'd plotted his strategy, made his plan, set the wheels in motion.

The Commission then brought forward a proposal on 3 December, after we had already set the wheels in motion.

"Then I'll set the wheels in motion three days from now," said the Iceman.

If he'd told her she'd gotten a raw deal, she probably would have agreed and set the wheels in motion to negate it.

He had set the wheels in motion; he had saved her.

In the first scene Lear initiated the action, he set the wheels in motion.

This was the event that set the wheels in motion for the national attention of the Sonic Boom.

This afternoon, Swain is expected to give a preliminary report that will all but set the wheels in motion for the construction of the stadium.

The brothers' disagreements set the wheels in motion for a family feud that would span the entirety of 1994.

"I've already set the wheels in motion."

Cursing herself for not keeping a closer eye on him, Annie set the wheels in motion to track him down.

We in Parliament have brought the scandal to light, and set the wheels in motion to have it discussed.

Lady Helena Atreides herself had set the wheels in motion.

Disaster descended, and it was her mother-in-law who set the wheels turning.

Already he seemed to be regaining a touch of the old fire, as if Bolan's welcome arrival from his last mission in Turkey had sparked some internal mechanism and set the wheels turning again.

Mr. Love, who is also the vice president of advertising at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, might be accused of bias, since it was P.& G. that set the wheels turning with a decision last November to cut back on promotion spending on some of its packaged goods.