Example sentences of "set off for the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 2 | He gets up early in the morning , saddles his ass , cuts the wood for the sacrifice , and taking two young servants and Isaac with him , he sets off for the place of which God has told him . |
| 3 | It was a little confusing to find ourselves setting off for the summits of the Viluyos barely an hour after the decision to do so . |
| 4 | The man giggled — a horrible noise — before setting off for the curtain at the back of the room . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When the Dragons first eleven set off for the sun in a couple of weeks time they 'll be taking with them a pretty impressive record , just 2 defeats in the last seven seasons . |
| 7 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
| 8 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The colonel set off for the airport with the general in custody . |
| 11 | When the attack ceased they managed to cannibalize parts to get one truck going and set off for the rendezvous with Fraser , only to find nobody there . |
| 12 | He got up and dressed as though in a trance , and set off for the Castle with the hangdog look of a condemned man . |