Example sentences of "[pron] set out [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
| 2 | I set out for an appointment in Sunderland on the day of its launch , full of hope as York station 's displays indicated the 11.34 InterCity to Newcastle was running ten minutes late . |
| 3 | I set out at the time the details of the areas where we would see new and better facilities reopening , and those better facilities have reopened . |
| 4 | I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat . |
| 5 | So flustered was I , in fact , that I became entangled with the bicycles in the hall ( my sons always keep them there , and other things being equal I usually get past them without too much difficulty ) , and I arrived in the dining-room even more distraught than I set out from the study . |
| 6 | For example , someone setting out on a journey to a malarial zone would be best advised to rely on drugs rather than trusting the stars ' message alone as a protection against the disease . |
| 7 | If you set out with the idea of generating more clubhead speed by delaying the hit or the release of the hands , you must balance this with a much faster hand and arm action through impact . |
| 8 | You y if you set out on a train under normal circumstances you 're confident that you 're going to arrive in London at |
| 9 | And you set out in the morning and you know this road , you know this road well . |
| 10 | She sets out before the sun , driving a team of horses which pull her soft blue chariot up from the depths of the ocean , and shows her brother the way to rise . |
| 11 | It is alleged by the fourth plea , that the defendant 's testator never requested the plaintiff to enter into the engagement to marry , or to marry , and that there never was any consideration for the testator 's promise , except what may be collected from the letter itself set out in the declaration . |
| 12 | She set out for the cemetery where both her parents were buried . |
| 13 | She had slammed the door as she set out for the Dallam wedding , leaving Odette in tears . |
| 14 | Flavia was working ; the long days in the tower were intact , only in the evening she set out for the house on the other bay ; the difficult hour at the cafe was cut , even writing became bearable . |
| 15 | Undaunted by the rain , she set out along the causeway , feeling like a princess in a fairy-tale about to join her prince . |
| 16 | I arrived at the Castle early on Monday morning , and after a glass of rum and milk , we set out on the road . |
| 17 | It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor . |
| 18 | We set out for the inlet , pulling a shrieking Maha , surrounded by the usual bevy of children and urged on by the boys , maids and especially the Youngest Son , who was always ready to tease and laugh . |
| 19 | The only thing left to do was to get him in to the government hospital seventeen miles away , so we set out across the rice fields and village tracks , with the patient in a bullock cart . |
| 20 | Following our appointment to [ nature of appointment ] and in confirmation of our recent discussion with … , we set out below the nature of the responsibilities which we undertake in that appointment and our understanding of the further services which you wish us to perform . |
| 21 | ‘ So we set out from the beginning to be ‘ author-friendly ’ . |
| 22 | As we set out in the truck which was going to take us the eight miles to Oakington , I was conscious that for once I was really looking my absolute best . |
| 23 | Although Johnson twice found the hillocky little town lacking — ‘ At night we came to Bamff [ sic ] , where I remember nothing that particularly claimed my attention ’ ; and ‘ Finding nothing to detain us at Bamff , we set out in the morning ’ — he yet managed to write a short exercise in observation of Scottish small borough architecture . |
| 24 | And as we set out in the management letter , it 's a requirement of the audit commissioners code of practice , as we do report to areas of all the authorities that we deal with on an annual basis . |
| 25 | So one set out with a policy of having good human relations and my friendship with Marcus Sieff ( now president of Marks $ Spencer ) dating back to 1953 has also had an influence . |
| 26 | Well they were usually a line of kids standing along the wall or something and one set out in the middle of the field and then you had to touch them and then you 'd be back to the wall and they had to do it . |
| 27 | The sky was gun-metal but the deluge had not come when they set out for a cafe . |
| 28 | But they set out for the Town Hall none the less . |
| 29 | They set out for the club toward the end of the afternoon . |
| 30 | Later that day , approximately 3,000 students gathered at ‘ Tianda ’ , Tianjin University from where they set out for the city centre shouting the familiar slogans of the movement . |