Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry II had five sons who were suspicious and envious of each other , but three of them died before Henry died in the summer of 1189 , and all his possessions passed to Richard , who had pledged himself to set out for the Holy Land on the Third Crusade . |
| 2 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 3 | Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away . |
| 4 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 5 | He set out for the presidential palace about 6 a.m. but heard the place was surrounded . |