Example sentences of "set [adv prt] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Wilcock set off for the New World . |
| 32 | After a few minutes Crabb returned to the jetty for some extra weights to overcome his buoyancy and , having fitted these to his satisfaction , set off for the Russian cruiser . |
| 33 | At the same time , on the other side of the range , Christophe Moulin , a 33-year-old guide from Briancon , set off for the first solo ascent ( and incidentally the first repeat ) of Jean-Marc Boivin 's Ballade Au Clair du Lune : a hooks-and-copperheads A4 on the south face of the Fou . |
| 34 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 35 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 36 | She crossed the bridge between the frogs and set off for the far end of the green , where the lane led up into the council estate . |
| 37 | Rather later than planned Rain set off for the Old Mitre pub . |
| 38 | Mrs Major 's party set off for the northern half of the seat to goad the faithful and stir the idle while Mr Major toured the south . |
| 39 | Middlesbrough-based Marktrace International said yesterday that MPL was a separate company , set up for the Ghanaian project only . |
| 40 | SO&sub2 ; and soot are measured at 418 sites ( the descendants of thousands set up for the Clean Air Acts ) but , prior to criticism from the House of Commons Environment Committee in 1984 , knowledge of other pollutants was threadbare . |
| 41 | A handful of men , Karelius amongst them , set out for the far bank . |
| 42 | A military aeroplane set out for the Kaylayaan islands with voting papers for the village elections being held throughout the Philippines . |
| 43 | He set out for the presidential palace about 6 a.m. but heard the place was surrounded . |
| 44 | While Pavel set out for the next town on his list . |
| 45 | She had not felt this alone and lonely since she first set out for the French battlefields over fifty years ago . |