Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv prt] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | as if in recognition of the inherent limitations of the appeals system in this respect , the Magistrates ' Association issued a set of national guide-lines , in 1999 , which set out for the first time a scale of recommended penalties covering the 25 commonest offence types likely to come before the magistrates , together with guidance on the approach to be adopted for different degrees of seriousness . |
| 4 | She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there . |
| 5 | We set off for a five mile run in the woods to the south of the camp . |
| 6 | So we set off for a last look round . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 9 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
| 10 | Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away . |
| 11 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 12 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |
| 13 | He set out for the presidential palace about 6 a.m. but heard the place was surrounded . |