Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] set off for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate .
2 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 .
3 Mohammed came with us to Taroudant where Aziz organised the Tichka end ( his patch ) and we set off for the mountains .
4 Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand .
5 Did n't you even stop to consider that , before you set off for an evening drive ? ’
6 He is in London with Jacob , his wife Judy and daughter Julia , 10 , and before they set off for the Odeon , Leicester Square , last night , he said : ‘ None of us would be here today without Jake 's idea . ’
7 Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences .
8 There was a new sense of purpose in her step as she set off for the ‘ speeder .
9 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 .
10 The aircraft-carrier Clemenceau , though it set off for the Gulf and its movements were followed initially by Le Monde , returned to Toulon in October after a 55-day voyage .
11 As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall .
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