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 . |