Example sentences of "set [adv prt] for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And he immediately set off for a long Bank Holiday break ! |
2 | Following two days ' rest Venables and Renshaw set off for a final attempt taking a more direct line , avoiding sections of 70 degree snow and ice by passages of rock and mixed climbing . |
3 | In September 1316 Edward retained him for a very large fee in return for the promise of his service with a commensurately large retinue ; and shortly afterwards he and Pembroke set off for the papal curia on a mission which had the repeal of the Ordinances as one of its objectives . |
4 | Wilcock set off for the New World . |
5 | After a few minutes Crabb returned to the jetty for some extra weights to overcome his buoyancy and , having fitted these to his satisfaction , set off for the Russian cruiser . |
6 | She crossed the bridge between the frogs and set off for the far end of the green , where the lane led up into the council estate . |
7 | Rather later than planned Rain set off for the Old Mitre pub . |
8 | Mrs Major 's party set off for the northern half of the seat to goad the faithful and stir the idle while Mr Major toured the south . |
9 | The day was held for customers and staff who in groups of three , set off for an 18-hole Stableford competition ( I 'm told this will mean something to golfers ! ) |
10 | Middlesbrough-based Marktrace International said yesterday that MPL was a separate company , set up for the Ghanaian project only . |
11 | SO&sub2 ; and soot are measured at 418 sites ( the descendants of thousands set up for the Clean Air Acts ) but , prior to criticism from the House of Commons Environment Committee in 1984 , knowledge of other pollutants was threadbare . |
12 | A handful of men , Karelius amongst them , set out for the far bank . |
13 | A military aeroplane set out for the Kaylayaan islands with voting papers for the village elections being held throughout the Philippines . |
14 | He set out for the presidential palace about 6 a.m. but heard the place was surrounded . |
15 | She had not felt this alone and lonely since she first set out for the French battlefields over fifty years ago . |