Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 When she set sail for her homeland in 1952 Eva and another Australian girl were given the job of looking after twelve children from the Fairbridge Society on the voyage .
2 Her mother waved the 20-year old off , and she set sail for England .
3 For Henry Thomas had left Tredegar for railway employment in Swindon and one of his sons , the Uncle Harry who features in the Swindon holidays described so lovingly in The Childhood of Edward Thomas , was a fitter at the Swindon GWR works until he set sail for South Africa in 1891 .
4 When I spoke to Weir , now a sprightly 83 , he still remembered what he was going to be in for when he set sail for a country which had legendary names like Hobbs , Sutcliffe , Woolley , Hendren and many others floating around the various counties .
5 A year later , taking leave of his wife with some piercing poems of separation , he set sail for India .
6 On renouncing alcohol he was pardoned and he set sail for Darlington where he became a leading light in the Society .
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