Example sentences of "and set out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if not that , then many critics would like to be dictators of literature , to regulate the past , and to set out with quiet authority the future direction of the art . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A man stranded on a desert island builds a rowing boat and sets out for the nearest land . |
| 4 | Once more Joseph is obedient and sets out for his own country . |
| 5 | In the end the woman chooses to renounce both men and sets out on her own path . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It eventually showed fishermen preparing and setting out on a peaceful evening for a night 's work ; while they are at sea , a storm blows up . |
| 8 | ( 5 ) Wherever , in ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) above , the order requires one or other court to consider whether it ought to try the case or whether it ought to transfer it ( pursuant to the powers of transfer under ss 40(2) , 41(1) or 42(2) of the 1984 Act ) that court must have regard to the criteria laid down in art 7(5) and set out at the start of Chapter 13 . |
| 9 | It was a long haul with my heavy bag to the bus stop at the top of town next day , but I made it and set out on a bus journey westward from Roscommon to Galway . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She left her cleaning-woman , Maryann , in charge of the house , and set out on foot one evening . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ I was going to show you the laconicum , ’ he said , and he turned and snuffed like a hound across the green , open bowl , and set out on a selected trail , nose to scent , heading obliquely for the complex of standing walls where several rooms of the ancient baths converged . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The two exiles fall in together and set out on the adventure of becoming a suburban couple . |
| 18 | After working for a while in Capetown and Orange Free State to acquire funds , Macleod bought a wagon and eighteen oxen , and set out with his elder brother to trade with the tribesmen around Kimberley . |
| 19 | So it was that with high spirits I packed Baedekers and prejudices , boots and a bootload of assumptions and set out for Dover . |
| 20 | Was equipment easily available and set out for children ? |
| 21 | Now financially secure , he and Emma married and set out for France , their first holiday abroad . |
| 22 | In 1980 McDevitt and an accomplice dressed up as Federal Express employees and set out for the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls , New York . |
| 23 | With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Overwhelmed by her publicity , Amaranth finished her breakfast , and set out for the Grand and Harvey , doing her very best to subdue a worm of doubt . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I parked my car at around midday and set out towards the Press tent . |
| 28 | Clare went immediately to pay the bill for the stone , and set out towards Shaston , where he found Mrs Durbeyfield and her children living in a small house . |
| 29 | Randolph , smiling from ear to ear , quickly dressed into warm clothes and set out towards the toy factory . |
| 30 | Restored with food and warm drinks , we set off down Brewers ' Gullet , portage our final canal lock and set out down the river . |