Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pers pn] set [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course you can make appalling howlers if you set out for some reason to portray life in a social area unknown to you . |
| 2 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |
| 3 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 4 | For about six weeks before she set off for France , the long way via Cape Town , they made love feverishly . |
| 5 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
| 6 | ‘ They were always holding hands and he kissed her goodbye every day as she set off for work . ’ |
| 7 | Early bird Ruth arrives on her bike and pitches in with the adult workers at her grandfather 's stables every morning before she sets off for school Pictures : STUART FOSTER |
| 8 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 9 | She had slammed the door as she set out for the Dallam wedding , leaving Odette in tears . |
| 10 | HOUNSLOW will be defending an unbeaten record in the European Cup-Winners ' Cup when they set off for Holland today to compete in this season 's final stages . |
| 11 | If Bully was in the front garden when she set out for Pack Meeting , he would leap the gate and bound up to her , putting his great front paws against her chest , and barking at her . |
| 12 | It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor . |
| 13 | Perhaps we might have a look at things , at this stage , through the eyes of young Benjamin Titford , the youngest surviving son , left motherless at nine years old ; waving his big brother William Charles goodbye as he set off for London soon afterwards ; watching brother John cough himself into an early grave ; listening to endless conversations about high prices , shortages , and a war across the channel ; dragged out of his bed in the middle of the night to cries of ‘ Fire ! ’ and ‘ Flood ! ’ ; struggling to keep warm every winter ; watching his father die of a long illness — these experiences made his childhood , in modern terms , an awful , albeit a dramatic one . |
| 14 | But Denis 's hopes took flight with the break-up of the Soviet empire and he set off for Russia this summer . |
| 15 | There was a new sense of purpose in her step as she set off for the ‘ speeder . |
| 16 | Louise kept up a flow of bright chatter as they set off for Wigmore Street . |