Example sentences of "set [adv prt] for [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 When the rain stops I set off for a walk in the cool , after-rain air .
2 Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand .
3 Drawn up by a UN team and representatives of the Kenyan government , the report found that tens of people were dying each week in camps set up for the refugees in the remote border region of Kenya and described it as " appalling and embarrassing " that they were supposed to be under the care of the Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees .
4 In no sense could they be said to be members of industrial co-operatives : that is , of organisations set up for the manufacture of goods or the provision of services and wholly , or very largely , owned and ultimately controlled by those working in them .
5 It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor .
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 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 .
8 They set out for the club toward the end of the afternoon .
9 I set out for an appointment in Sunderland on the day of its launch , full of hope as York station 's displays indicated the 11.34 InterCity to Newcastle was running ten minutes late .
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