Example sentences of "set out for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When voices started rising and violence seemed inevitable , Kalchu told me that it would n't be resolved for hours and , rather than waiting around in the cold on the off-chance of getting some meat , we might as well set out for home . |
| 2 | [ to BELVILLE ] Honoured sir , your last proposal to me convinces me I ought not to stay , so , with a thousand thanks for all favours , I will set out for home tomorrow early . |
| 3 | Well , it was all to the good ; after he 'd finished skiing for the day they 'd return to the cottage , and she 'd set out for home . |
| 4 | And when ye would set out for Castille , let all the people know in secret , that they make themselves ready , and take with them all that they have , so that none of the Moors in the suburb may know thereof ; for certes ye can not keep the city , neither abide therein after my death . |
| 5 | The threatening cloud of gloom that had been pea-sized when they 'd set out for Host Street grew to storm proportions . |
| 6 | And then , restraining himself from a farewell blast on the Dixie horn , he 'd set out for Liston Hall . |
| 7 | The truce of Espléchin in September did nothing to quieten importunate creditors , and on 30 November , having sent a bitter denunciation of Archbishop Stratford to the pope , Edward frustrated , desperate and furious — set out for England to wreak revenge and secure funds . |
| 8 | The day after I got back from Moscow , I set out for Philadelphia , where I was due to receive a medal from the Franklin Institute . |
| 9 | ‘ We made ourselves some ro is , and when we 'd eaten them , I set out for home . |
| 10 | As Kalchu and I and some of the other men set out for home , they started to gather it up and hack off the dead branches that jut out from pine-trunks like thin stumps of arms . |
| 11 | Despite all the detailed criteria set out for assessment , despite the emphasis on course-work , in the end ‘ high ’ GCSE will be familiar enough , and the transition to A level not a matter of genuine difficulty . |
| 12 | The Education Act of 1981 required that each school prepare a document which set out for parents its aims , objectives , organisation and curriculum policy . |
| 13 | The Seasiders set out for Cyprus today needing a win or a higher scoring draw than 1-1 in Wednesday 's return game to secure a lucrative first round tie with Paris St Germain . |
| 14 | We then set out for Muscat , but with nightfall approaching , we landed in Abu Dhabi . |
| 15 | Mother wept to see Father 's state , and proposed that we set out for Chiguana , the nearest town where we might expect to find a hospital , immediately . |
| 16 | specific rules set out for stock provisioning rather than directors ' estimates . |
| 17 | On 9 November 1984 I set out for consultation a list of branded drugs which would no longer be prescribed under the health service . |
| 18 | Knowing the risk he was taking , he still set out for Peking : why ? |
| 19 | By this one Tutilo must have set out for Longner , and by this one he had returned , only to happen upon this grievous discovery along the way . |
| 20 | In Roirbak 's laboratory wing , Ari was watching a movie too , though of a slightly different nature to any Roirbak had set out for Nathan 's entertainment . |
| 21 | Over a hundred armed agents set out for Mount Carmel . |
| 22 | With the bishop of Winchester he presented Kilwardby with his pallium in May 1273 and immediately set out for Burgundy to meet Edward I on his return from crusade . |
| 23 | I mean , I do n't think Mary and Joseph would have set out for Bethlehem yet . |
| 24 | All the crop management methods are set out for growers in a document compiled by JS with the help of experts from all over the world . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | After the death of Haran , Terah sets out for Canaan , with his grandson Lot and his son Abram and childless daughter-in-law Sarai . |
| 27 | If you are setting out for Shrewsbury tomorrow , so must Saint Winifred . |
| 28 | He urged holidaymakers to check with hotels before setting out for Llandudno , and for day-trippers to stay away this week-end . |
| 29 | Rosemary will be teaching others her skills in creating a market stall complete with special effects in the form of ‘ rosy ’ apples and ‘ muddy ’ parsnips at the Women 's Institute 's Denman College in Marcham before setting out for Staffordshire on a dolls-house holiday ! |
| 30 | Setting out for France again two years later , the king was described by the anonymous author of the Brut as leaving England with ‘ ordynaunce gadred and welle stuffyd , as longyd to such a ryalle Kinge ’ . |