Example sentences of "[pers pn] set out " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my early career , I set out to meet the demands of my peers and fulfil the necessary qualifications for assessment as a ‘ real polis ’ ; although there were few opportunities to flirt with any real forms of marginality ! |
| 2 | I set out to clarify my own circumstances vis-à-vis employment rights . |
| 3 | In my early years , I set out to find a roster of acts who I would represent . |
| 4 | If I set out to teach , rather than entertain , I would achieve neither . |
| 5 | It is urging me on over the years bidding me neglect those that were without Cathenne , where as I set out to tell the story of my life , the dull with the bright , the gray with the green , all the Sundays Mondays and Tuesdays of it at least sufficiently to suggest them . |
| 6 | At the Conservative Party Conference two weeks later I set out both the Government 's position and my own feelings . |
| 7 | On 9 November 1984 I set out for consultation a list of branded drugs which would no longer be prescribed under the health service . |
| 8 | I still have a note of the objectives for the review I set out at Wilton Park : |
| 9 | Before I set out , I took Aunt Louise her usual breakfast cup full of hot tea . |
| 10 | In Chapter Four I set Out some of the reasons why conferences and other big events are held . |
| 11 | In 1980 I set out to change the face of political presentation in the UK and to use some of these new concepts and techniques in business and industry as well . |
| 12 | This time with a light plastic bag containing nothing more than a sketchpad and a book ( Sleeman 's Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official ) I set out to have a look at Roscommon Town . |
| 13 | The cold of the night was deepening and I was weaker than I 'd been when I set out . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | When considering the nature of God in later chapters , I set out to include consideration of a range of world religions . |
| 16 | I set out a position which argues that there may be too much and also too little evidence for the existence of God to make religious belief a tenable option . |
| 17 | So Tom , the A to Z and I set out on ‘ a voyage of discovery into the vast unknown ’ … |
| 18 | I never really consciously set out to do war photography ; I set out to do political photography , international politics and a lot of that revolves around conflict . |
| 19 | I must not remember the story I set out to tell . |
| 20 | We must create our own , which is what I set out to achieve with Passion . |
| 21 | We had also determined to acquit ourselves well in the removal of fish from their natural habitat , and Blair and I set out one evening intent upon playing havoc with Ythan sea-trout . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd done everything I set out to do . |
| 23 | As I set out on that Christmas afternoon , I planned to learn as I went along . |
| 24 | Though it was noon when I set out , I made up time , maintaining a speed of almost five miles an hour . |
| 25 | It was with the idea of learning to judge distances that I set out the next morning . |
| 26 | Experience was all , and I set out to grab it with both hands , drifting from country to country , from one relationship to another , a heedless , hedonistic round with never a thought for tomorrow . |
| 27 | ‘ We made ourselves some ro is , and when we 'd eaten them , I set out for home . |
| 28 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
| 29 | The first evening we left the children with some of the helpers and my husband , David , and I set out to Mass at the convent . |
| 30 | The tasks I set out were as follows : |