Example sentences of "[noun sg] set off for " in BNC.

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1 Rather later than planned Rain set off for the Old Mitre pub .
2 This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June .
3 This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June .
4 The cast and crew set off for Tahiti .
5 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 .
6 The next morning George and his father set off for Thorsbury , each leading a pair of grey shirehorses .
7 In September my father set off for Fontanellato to find somewhere for us to live , just as the teacher from the South had done .
8 The colonel set off for the airport with the general in custody .
9 A few months later the Revers and their baby daughter set off for San Francisco .
10 Later the same year the whole family set off for Vienna , where the children played to the Empress Maria Theresia and her consort at the beautiful Schönbrunn palace .
11 This letter was written the day after father and son set off for Italy .
12 On his father 's instruction Mozart and his mother set off for Paris in March 1778 .
13 Mrs Major 's party set off for the northern half of the seat to goad the faithful and stir the idle while Mr Major toured the south .
14 All went well on the long trip to the Jebel mountains and from there the intrepid raiding party set off for their target .
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