Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv prt] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 2 | A MOTHER has condemned thieves who stole the wheels off the family car just before her cancer victim daughter was to set off for a hospital check up . |
| 3 | ‘ Zoo Check ’ was set up for a number of reasons , here are its six aims : |
| 4 | A Central Management Committee was set up for the Government legal service and , as senior Government lawyer , it fell to Ware to be chairman of this and to become head of the parallel Legal Career Service . |
| 5 | We kept guard against the security forces and helped in the communal kitchen which was set up for the support committee . |
| 6 | A new Quality Performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give him more incentive to work harder and become a key performer . |
| 7 | A disaster fund was set up for the widows and orphans and they were reasonably well provided for financially , although the sums they received seem very small by today 's standards of compensation and value of money . |
| 8 | The Bookish Portfolio , comprising shares in companies in the book business , was set up for The Bookseller in December 1981 , and liquidated last autumn . |
| 9 | The residency was set up for the Oxfordshire Area Health Authority by the City Gallery Arts Trust |
| 10 | Another man in another village was setting off for the fields , his hoe over his shoulder . |