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

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1 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 .
2 No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now .
3 Joseph set off for the door but Rain got there first .
4 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 .
5 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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