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

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1 It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor .
2 Inspired by the success of the excellent professional watercolourists of that time , many travellers set out for the Lakes with their sketching equipment , mirrors and paints .
3 And when three men turned back just below camp 4 because of bad weather Harry Taylor climbed on … and then set out for the summit on his own .
4 They set out for the club toward the end of the afternoon .
5 Here are set out for the benefit of a person intending to become a candidate a few of the many matters which must be complied with in order that the candidature shall be declared valid by the returning officer .
6 Situations and characters to be portrayed can be set out for the learner on a worksheet .
7 A white , middle-class widow sets out for the hinterland in search of her maid 's son ; but the police have found him first .
8 I 'd seen Chola and Mina setting out for the forest in the early morning , and three times during the day I 'd watched them coming back , stooped over and staggering under the weight of the enormous loads that spread across their backs , stretching three times broader than their shoulders and several feet above their heads .
9 Suddenly Sheikh shouldered his bat and , letting out a kind of howl , set out for the middle of the pitch , elbowing a fielder out of the way .
10 He put on his sandals and set out for the office of the babu who had the power to give his people what they wanted , or to refuse .
11 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 .
12 But there was a FOR SALE board up , new today , he had n't seen it there this morning when he set out for the meeting with the AC .
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