Example sentences of "we set [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 We set up for Labidochromis sp .
2 We set out for out next four hours stint in good spirits .
3 We set out for the inlet , pulling a shrieking Maha , surrounded by the usual bevy of children and urged on by the boys , maids and especially the Youngest Son , who was always ready to tease and laugh .
4 Mother wept to see Father 's state , and proposed that we set out for Chiguana , the nearest town where we might expect to find a hospital , immediately .
5 It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor .
6 We 've got what we set out for .
7 FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour .
8 Our escorting Wellington was delayed due to phenomenal sandstorms in the Delta area , and it was only on 18 March that it arrived and we set off for Benina to refuel before the sea leg to Malta .
9 Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope .
10 and eventually hauled me aboard as we set off for Blackpool .
11 So we set off for a last look round .
12 Mohammed came with us to Taroudant where Aziz organised the Tichka end ( his patch ) and we set off for the mountains .
13 After a pause to coil up the heavy ropes we set off for Gimmer .
14 We set off for a five mile run in the woods to the south of the camp .
15 In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury .
16 However , prizegiving was only about half an hour later than planned and we set off for home at a reasonable hour .
17 The following morning we set off for Verona .
18 We set off for the ‘ shoot ’ on what turned out to be a dull , damp and extremely grey day , to Ickworth House and gardens — a National Trust property — near Bury St. Edmunds .
19 At 10:16 we boarded the Sprinter on platform one.Then we set off for Shrewsbury :
20 England captain Graham Gooch offered no excuses for his team 's humiliating defeat , saying : ‘ We set off for this series with high hopes but nothing has gone right for us .
21 Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day .
22 Fond farewells exchanged , we set off for home , our brains buzzing with new and exciting ideas to bring back to Wales ’ .
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