Example sentences of "[noun] and set out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man stranded on a desert island builds a rowing boat and sets out for the nearest land . |
| 2 | Restored with food and warm drinks , we set off down Brewers ' Gullet , portage our final canal lock and set out down the river . |
| 3 | Undaunted , the Carlist militias — the Requetés — formed into columns and set out for Madrid , some 500 kilometres to the south , in buses , in trucks and on foot . |
| 4 | If you have a grievance relating to your employment , please refer to the procedure agreed by the Council and set out in the document attached to this statement of particulars . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A proof must be in the form known as " proof of debt " ( whether the form prescribed by the rules and set out in Sched 4 to the rules as Form 6.37 or a substantially similar form , see App C , form 34 ) and must be signed by the creditor or someone authorised on his behalf ( r 6.69(3) ) . |
| 7 | In pursuit of these , Mopsus proposes marriage to a fine lady and is beaten by her servants ; he steals his father 's rent money and sets out for London where he is robbed by a prostitute and thrown into gaol ; his father sends more money which he uses to bribe the gaoler ; he is tricked into marrying an aristocrat 's mistress who promptly gives birth ; the woman leaves and the baby dies ; the prodigal returns to his father . |
| 8 | When the sun began to sink and the evening grew cold , they stripped their clothes from the thorn trees , collected together their pans and bamboo brooms and set out across the bridge for home . |
| 9 | But at last they reached the top and set out along a ridge under the clear blue sky , valleys running steeply to left and right of them . |
| 10 | With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory . |
| 11 | So it was that with high spirits I packed Baedekers and prejudices , boots and a bootload of assumptions and set out for Dover . |
| 12 | This is then shared among schools on the basis of a formula developed by each LEA and set out in its scheme of delegation . |
| 13 | In the audience was Paul Palmer , a geophysicist , and it was from this that Jones became involved with solid state fusion and set out on the road that led to his interactions with Fleischmann and Pons . |
| 14 | A man must take up his pilgrim 's staff and set out on the farthest journey of all towards the very horizons of thought and dwell there always . |
| 15 | So the next morning at dawn the poor wife took her baby in her arms and set out along the shore . |
| 16 | I parked my car at around midday and set out towards the Press tent . |
| 17 | He soon decided that he would never be a successful artist and set out on foot to tour France and Germany and contribute articles to newspapers and magazines , including The Times . |
| 18 | In the end the woman chooses to renounce both men and sets out on her own path . |
| 19 | Randolph , smiling from ear to ear , quickly dressed into warm clothes and set out towards the toy factory . |
| 20 | At two o'clock Wycliffe collected the dead man 's keys from the duty officer and set out along the wharf . |
| 21 | But Mr Clinton , 46 , was yesterday taking no chances and set out on a final round-the-clock trek to nine states before heading home today to cast his own vote . |
| 22 | Not seeing the significance at the time of the two articles , or of the prong ( pitchfork ) and shovel that followed them , the two boys finished their frugal breakfast and set out upon their chores . |
| 23 | In 1980 McDevitt and an accomplice dressed up as Federal Express employees and set out for the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls , New York . |
| 24 | Doodle , a funny little insect thing , is determined to rescue the fair maiden and sets out with only a set of pencils to his name . |
| 25 | Within six months , however , he had left the Party and set out on the road that led to the formation of the British Union of Fascists in 1932 . |