Example sentences of "[adv] setting out [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Consider for a moment the bustle of the scene a hundred years ago , with horse-drawn barges and occasional steam tugs nearing the end of their journeys or perhaps setting out on the return trip towards the sea .
2 ‘ Just caught your nippers apparently setting out for Siena , ’ Fosdyke said .
3 As it turned out the final Report , published in 1889 after almost five years of investigation , did embody a number of recommendations regarding the education of deaf children in future Education Acts , thus setting out for the first time proper legislation with regard to compulsory entry , ages of admission , the length of education , the size of classes , and even that Principals/Headmasters of boarding institutions had to reside on the premises .
4 Buffy was a young man at the time , just setting out on the journey of life , if you know what I mean .
5 They 're really setting out in in great detail what is contained in that letter .
6 My first attempt on these hills ended at about 1500 feet when two of us were simply blasted off , which I suppose served us right for even setting out on a morning dark and grey as a used Brillo pad .
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