Example sentences of "we set out [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I arrived at the Castle early on Monday morning , and after a glass of rum and milk , we set out on the road .
2 It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 ‘ So we set out from the beginning to be ‘ author-friendly ’ .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
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