Example sentences of "[noun] set off 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 When she had eaten , Ruth set off for Dudley House .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 With this thought in mind , Loretta set off for Paddington .
6 In July 1816 Sewell set off for Vienna , Berlin and Hanover .
7 No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now .
8 Rather later than planned Rain set off for the Old Mitre pub .
9 Clutching at the safety of recollection , the Glovers set off for more familiar regions .
10 Her conscience at peace , Julia set off for dinner in a mood to enjoy herself .
11 This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June .
12 This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June .
13 The cast and crew set off for Tahiti .
14 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 .
15 Joseph set off for the door but Rain got there first .
16 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 .
17 Then , with a small group of his best experts , Gehlen set off for Bavaria to await the arrival of the Americans .
18 On the contrary , all seemed set fair , and when they had loaded the packing-cases on to the cart Matey and McAllister set off for the church hall , to lay out the stall , to have everything ready for the afternoon 's visitors , Dr Neil having promised to come along to help them .
19 After meeting the Soviet culture minister , and the musical director of the Bolshoi opera , Mr Palmer set off for a cellar club-cum-recording studio and gallery to hear a folk singer break the musical mould and , hopefully , erase the memory of the song ( ‘ I Belong To … ’ )
20 The next morning George and his father set off for Thorsbury , each leading a pair of grey shirehorses .
21 In September my father set off for Fontanellato to find somewhere for us to live , just as the teacher from the South had done .
22 Miss Harker set off for London with her young charge two days later .
23 DALY , John : When rookie pro ‘ Long ’ John Daly set off for the 1991 US PGA Championship , he did n't even know whether he would get to play .
24 The colonel set off for the airport with the general in custody .
25 In September 1316 Edward retained him for a very large fee in return for the promise of his service with a commensurately large retinue ; and shortly afterwards he and Pembroke set off for the papal curia on a mission which had the repeal of the Ordinances as one of its objectives .
26 Following two days ' rest Venables and Renshaw set off for a final attempt taking a more direct line , avoiding sections of 70 degree snow and ice by passages of rock and mixed climbing .
27 Wilcock set off for the New World .
28 A few months later the Revers and their baby daughter set off for San Francisco .
29 Hence , almost immediately after the Pensions Act was passed , Lloyd George set off for Germany to investigate the longest established national insurance system .
30 Val set off for the interior in the best of the hire cars available , a well worn seat with grudging breaks , and drove alone on empty roads through a barren and alien territory .
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