Example sentences of "set off for [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | When the rain stops I set off for a walk in the cool , after-rain air . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | But in August , just before setting off for a month in Switzerland , he still hoped to have finished a draft of the third act by the end of the year . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | The man giggled — a horrible noise — before setting off for the curtain at the back of the room . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
10 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | The colonel set off for the airport with the general in custody . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | He got up and dressed as though in a trance , and set off for the Castle with the hangdog look of a condemned man . |