Example sentences of "set [adv] for the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 2 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 3 | Side by side , a matching pair , both in their best clothes , they set off for the police station on Royal Hill . |
| 4 | The first should consist of short courses for teachers brought about by expanding the teachers ' centres set up for the Nuffield mathematics and science projects , and should include a one-term secondment in every seven years . |
| 5 | So I had a er I got him set up for the morning jobs and then I did the afternoon jobs with him . |
| 6 | But they set out for the Town Hall none the less . |
| 7 | Later that day , approximately 3,000 students gathered at ‘ Tianda ’ , Tianjin University from where they set out for the city centre shouting the familiar slogans of the movement . |
| 8 | This column has been set aside for the punchcard machines , but I 'm not forgetting that some of you have manual machines and I hope in future issues in to include something for you from time to time . |
| 9 | Compensating this apparent service cut for mentally ill patients was the fact that most of the capital to be set aside for the service developments would be devoted to building the replacement facilities in the community for the two psychiatric hospitals to close . |
| 10 | The committee also believes that time should be set aside for the trial disposal and subsequent recovery of radioactive waste ( which is the practice in the United States and Canada ) . |
| 11 | A 20 acre site has been set aside for the Tivoli Gardens , a landscaped park with games , rides and entertainment . |
| 12 | Up in the ‘ Fish Tank ’ is an area set aside for the Inlay Operator , still many years away from his grander title of Electronic Effects Designer . |
| 13 | We kept guard against the security forces and helped in the communal kitchen which was set up for the support committee . |
| 14 | The residency was set up for the Oxfordshire Area Health Authority by the City Gallery Arts Trust |
| 15 | The IDB 's Trade Fair programme also aims to visit a balanced mixture of major UK and European exhibitions , with IDB group stands being set up for the Northern Ireland companies taking part . |
| 16 | Norway was of course seeded last in FIFA 's set up for the world cup ( no surprise as FIFA 's seeding is just base on recent world cup 's ) . |
| 17 | He is probably a murderer himself ; the lightmindedness of his retrospective half-confirmations and half-denials is oddly disgusting ; and for him killing people is no more doing something than sleeping with little girls or setting off for the North Pole . |
| 18 | At Westons cidermill in Much Marcle , Herefordshire three hundred revellers are setting off for the apple orchards.They 're following in the footsteps of their pagan ancestors in the hopes of ensuring a bumper harvest . |
| 19 | There was a breakfast room set aside for the train party where a piece of the mystery would unravel each morning . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | At matches he had to be watched like a hawk in case he wriggled out of his headcollar , and set off for the tea tent , where his doleful yellow face and black-ringed eyes could coax sandwiches and cake out of the most stony-hearted waitress . |
| 24 | He set off for the Canal Turn in glorious isolation while behind him the rest of the field manically tried to salvage some hope from the disaster . |
| 25 | She combed her hair , applied her make-up and set off for the Post Office . |
| 26 | This is an important tier within the complicated government structure set up for the health service , with responsibilities for the allocation of resources and for strategic planning . |
| 27 | She had slammed the door as she set out for the Dallam wedding , leaving Odette in tears . |
| 28 | After temporary repairs the ship set out for the United States on a voyage it would not have made had the collision not occurred . |
| 29 | In 1980 McDevitt and an accomplice dressed up as Federal Express employees and set out for the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls , New York . |
| 30 | A coach of 36 people ( employees and their children ) set out for the matinee performance , stopping en route for lunch . |