Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.

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31 Godolphin only had to pick up the encyclopaedia and he was ready to put on his boots and set off for the Dominions again .
32 The event , which is set for Sunday May 6th has extra significance this year , as it coincides with the 20th anniversary of the United States ' twentieth tactical fighter wing being based in Oxfordshire , and master sergeant Bill Fonten is predicting even more crowds will turn up for the day when the U S base throws open its doors .
33 That might help undo memories of living in or around Lucca in a displaced persons ' camp when they left Trieste ; a little cosseted security makes up for the times when there were seventeen families in one room .
34 She set out for the cemetery where both her parents were buried .
35 Dang and I finally set out for the village where she wanted to start the ‘ cottage industry ’ .
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