Example sentences of "set out do [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why , I 'm going to do what I set out to do at the start — I 'm going to make sure that bastard marries you ! ’ |
| 2 | I 'm absolutely delighted that we achieved what we set out to do at the beginning of the week , which was to ensure that the Ryder Cup stayed on this side of the Atlantic . |
| 3 | I hope they do what they set out to do for the sake of the people of West Belfast . |
| 4 | That is what we set out to do in this paper , proceeding from three assumptions that differ from those of the traditional leadership literature . |
| 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 | The Crown Prince had achieved what he set out to do in March ; though his small auxiliary clearing action had taken him nearly three months and cost at least as many lives as the whole of the rest of the fighting to date . |