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

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1 The next time they are able to gather together enough courage to set out for the supermarket they may get only as far as point B before they have had enough , anticipating more extreme levels of anxiety if they continue .
2 ‘ She did n't say that , ’ he replied , the ebullience with which he 'd set out for the Greens ' household nowhere to be seen .
3 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 .
4 It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor .
5 But they set out for the Town Hall none the less .
6 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 .
7 When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 They set out for the club toward the end of the afternoon .
11 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 .
12 In many ways the CPVE conforms very closely to the goals originally set out for the GCSE .
13 Situations and characters to be portrayed can be set out for the learner on a worksheet .
14 Sir , I 'd like to bring your attention to erm a plan prepared by Partnership which is submitted as part of their evidence , which erm sets out for the south and southwest the er coalescence of existing settlements .
15 A white , middle-class widow sets out for the hinterland in search of her maid 's son ; but the police have found him first .
16 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 .
17 Harry Taylor , on the left , before setting out for the summit .
18 She had slammed the door as she set out for the Dallam wedding , leaving Odette in tears .
19 And at last he set out for the meeting-place .
20 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 .
21 With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory .
22 After temporary repairs the ship set out for the United States on a voyage it would not have made had the collision not occurred .
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 She set out for the cemetery where both her parents were buried .
25 Soon afterwards Chola and Mina set out for the hills to gather grass .
26 Dang and I finally set out for the village where she wanted to start the ‘ cottage industry ’ .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 Chola and Mina set out for the fields to continue the millet harvest , and Kalchu fetched the flat wooden spade and began beating down the mud to repair the leaking roof .
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