Example sentences of "[pron] set out [prep] the " 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 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I set out below the additional information which will be required for the week commencing [ date ] . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | With a crew which included seven Fairbridge trainees from Strathclyde and East Lothian , Spirit of Scotland was one of the scores of sailing ships which set out on the 1993 Tall Ships Race when the starting cannon fired at Newcastle . |
| 9 | as if in recognition of the inherent limitations of the appeals system in this respect , the Magistrates ' Association issued a set of national guide-lines , in 1999 , which set out for the first time a scale of recommended penalties covering the 25 commonest offence types likely to come before the magistrates , together with guidance on the approach to be adopted for different degrees of seriousness . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And you set out in the morning and you know this road , you know this road well . |
| 12 | I arrived at the Castle early on Monday morning , and after a glass of rum and milk , we set out on the road . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor . |
| 16 | So we set out across the open grassy slope that led on up towards the forest . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ So we set out from the beginning to be ‘ author-friendly ’ . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 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 | But they set out for the Town Hall none the less . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | They set out for the club toward the end of the afternoon . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 28 | They set out towards the west , taking their direction from the sun , but the density of thorn thickets constantly drove them from their line . |
| 29 | They set out up the hillside , going slowly , picking their way from one bush and tussock to another and pausing continually to sniff and stare along the great expanse of grass , which stretched on either side as far as they could see . |