Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having established himself at Ince , Killigrew set off for the busy mercantile town of Plymouth , where he soon fell in with a merchant , Tremayne , who had a daughter , Mary . |
| 2 | But by the time the delegation set out for Paris , the French Draft Constitution had already been rejected — and with it the principle of free consent on which the French Union was to be based — and while he was still en route to France Ho learned that a Provisional Government of Cochinchina had been announced . |
| 3 | A military aeroplane set out for the Kaylayaan islands with voting papers for the village elections being held throughout the Philippines . |
| 4 | When she had eaten , Ruth set off for Dudley House . |
| 5 | But it was precisely Gould 's unshakeable commonsense , which Havell had so reviled , that was beginning to antagonise the rival American camp , and it was with exasperation that they watched Gould set off for Europe on a reconnoitring trip for his second publication . |
| 6 | Early that afternoon , as soon as she could get away from a lunch with colleagues from her department , Loretta set off for the Sunday Herald building . |
| 7 | With this thought in mind , Loretta set off for Paddington . |
| 8 | In July 1816 Sewell set off for Vienna , Berlin and Hanover . |
| 9 | Rosellina was on her way to Rimini , to work in a children 's village set up for orphans and children who had become separated from their families . |
| 10 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |
| 11 | Malcolm Edwards , British Coal 's commercial director , told an electricity conference in London that the corporation was prepared to enter supply deals lasting eight years — the same period set down for the bulk of initial contracts between privatised electricity generators and distribution companies . |
| 12 | As he knows , I must decide whether to give this matter precedent over the business set down for today or for tomorrow . |
| 13 | As he knows , I have to decide whether his application comes within the Standing Order and , if so , whether a debate should be granted which would take precedence over the business set down for today or tomorrow . |
| 14 | Rather later than planned Rain set off for the Old Mitre pub . |
| 15 | Clutching at the safety of recollection , the Glovers set off for more familiar regions . |
| 16 | Her conscience at peace , Julia set off for dinner in a mood to enjoy herself . |
| 17 | So the following afternoon , as soon as Mrs Wormwood had departed in her car for another session of bingo , Matilda set out for Fred 's house to investigate . |
| 18 | Only six weeks after her confinement , the Mozarts set out for Salzburg to visit Leopold , a visit promised ever since their marriage but continually put off , much to Leopold 's annoyance . |
| 19 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
| 20 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
| 21 | The cast and crew set off for Tahiti . |
| 22 | By 10 minutes to 12 everything was ready for the bazaar , so Amanda set out for home , tingling with a mixture of excitement and fear . |
| 23 | This was not quite ready when Mozart set off for Munich and so Mozart 's letters to his father , who acted as intermediary between him and the librettist , reveal a great deal of the process of writing . |
| 24 | Joseph set off for the door but Rain got there first . |
| 25 | They became engaged in England and next year Miss Brooke set out for New York chaperoned by her brother Edgar , a solicitor . |
| 26 | Visitors will be charged £1.50 for admission and the Taste Sensation roadshow set off for its Blackpool location just days after being unveiled at Park Royal . |
| 27 | Then , with a small group of his best experts , Gehlen set off for Bavaria to await the arrival of the Americans . |
| 28 | The ball set up for to drive it straight into the wall Speedy then tried the shot Oldfield takes over . |
| 29 | Chola and Mina set out for the fields to continue the millet harvest , and Kalchu fetched the flat wooden spade and began beating down the mud to repair the leaking roof . |
| 30 | Soon afterwards Chola and Mina set out for the hills to gather grass . |