Example sentences of "[subord] he set out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He needs this , particularly if he sets out to be a novelist . |
| 2 | Hardy 's decision , in 1862 , to further his career in London must have come as a surprise to his family and employer — perhaps even to himself since he set out with a return ticket in his pocket . |
| 3 | His political position in the USA had , however , begun to weaken even before he set out for Paris . |
| 4 | The Scot will be in good company when he sets out with the early starters among the 70 survivors today . |
| 5 | When he sets out from Rivendell Boromir blows his horn , the family heirloom , and is rebuked by Elrond for doing so ; but he takes no notice . |
| 6 | Nevertheless he faces a huge step up when he sets out from Chester in 123rd position in a race that will decide the final destination of the FIA World Rally Championship , which must go to either France 's Didier Auriol , or Carlos Sainz of Spain , or to last year 's RAC winner Juha Kankkunen . |
| 7 | Until 1190 , they were kept up-to-date ; but in that year , Count Henry II of Champagne took one copy of the list with him when he set out for Outremer , and this may have inhibited his officials from making further changes in the copy left behind at Troyes . |
| 8 | Certainly , as Abraham set out to offer Isaac as a sacrifice in the way God had commanded him , his faith was flying blind in its implicit obedience , just as it had when he set out from Ur for a country which he had never seen . |
| 9 | He is a great example to anyone who has a setback and it is marvellous to hear how he has put adversity behind him as he sets out on the long slog round the tough pro circuit once again . |