Perhaps the first thing she would find, setting pen to paper, was that there was no common sentence ready for her use.

Eventually they realised he wasn't kidding, and set pen to paper.

He opens with "Absence," which used to be as good a reason as any to set pen to paper.

She had just set pen to paper when she heard a thud below stairs.

That man hasn't set pen to paper since high school.

The thought of again setting pen to paper maddened him.

Usually, the familiar act of setting pen to paper caused him to think precisely.

If experience is a guide, one or two are already setting pen to paper in protest.

"Yes, my lord," Owlswick replied, setting pen and list down on the table before him.

Except for the occasional thank-you note, he never set pen to paper.