Example sentences of "[pers pn] set out [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , once dressed , I set out on the great excursion : shopping , errands , and a treat in a cafe . |
| 2 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
| 3 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |
| 4 | I set out below the additional information which will be required for the week commencing [ date ] . |
| 5 | But , thanks to the kindness of a lady in the petrol depot who agreed to phone our host when a delivery was about to be made and where , we eventually refuelled at about 9.00 am on Thursday we set out on the last leg of our journey . |
| 6 | So we set out across the open grassy slope that led on up towards the forest . |
| 7 | At nine o'clock that night we set out in the pouring rain , our car packed with people and stores of food , picking our way through lorries , mules and men on foot . |
| 8 | Once again we set out in the pre-dawn walk through the forest , the amble across the alpine pastures , and the short struggle up the screes to the foot of the wall . |
| 9 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 10 | ‘ The marshal , ’ complained one of his officers even before they set out on the futile march to Carlisle , ‘ is infirm and peevish … both in body and mind , forgetful , irresolute and perplext . ’ |
| 11 | Now he sets out on the second stage of the journey , with Sarai , his childless wife , and his nephew Lot . |
| 12 | He is a great example to anyone who has a setback and it is marvellous to hear how he has put adversity behind him as he sets out on the long slog round the tough pro circuit once again . |
| 13 | The Scot will be in good company when he sets out with the early starters among the 70 survivors today . |
| 14 | He set out for the presidential palace about 6 a.m. but heard the place was surrounded . |
| 15 | Bjornsson 's approach differed from that of many earlier researchers in two important ways : first , he set out at an early stage to make his formula one which would be useful for making cross-cultural comparisons , and second , he chose not to use the statistical technique of multiple regression . |
| 16 | He set out on a surging run for goal and held off the challenge of Moore and Benali before sending a low shot past Stejskal . |
| 17 | And he accepts that he set out on the lonely road to stardom too early in life . |
| 18 | He set out on the infamous traverse , then decided I was not up to it and we must engineer a retreat . |
| 19 | In his thirty-two-foot ketch , Nuria , he set out from the small harbour under the shoulder of his Hebridean island . |
| 20 | The floor of his room was like a maze , with tower-blocks of books , whole walls of them set out on the thin carpet and holed linoleum so that only small corridors for him to walk in remained between them . |