Example sentences of "[noun prp] set out [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consequence of this division is one of the problems Brooke-Rose set out to examine in Amalgamemnon : |
| 2 | Willis set out to wade through the rolling wash . |
| 3 | In selecting the two period styles most notoriously prone to camp life-style confections and pastiches , Steven Parissien sets out to educate through entertainment as well as to provide sound practical advice . |
| 4 | It seemed an ordinary enough night when Anne Simonsen set out to work at the Marina Hotel in Copenhagen where she had a job as part-time barmaid . |
| 5 | But Central Office could exert only informal pressure , since it could neither bully nor bribe its local supporters , and this is exactly what Steel-Maitland set out to do through his district agents . |
| 6 | George and Bute set out to press for a policy of peace and lower taxes , which recognized the great strain the economy had been asked to bear . |
| 7 | Building on the old Prussian foundations , the Reich set out to break into the world coal and steel markets . |
| 8 | Having got the address from the school records , Miss Honey set out to walk from her own home to the Wormwood 's house shortly after nine . |