Example sentences of "[noun] set off for " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last the great day arrived , and 17 players and supporters set off for England . |
| 2 | Having established himself at Ince , Killigrew set off for the busy mercantile town of Plymouth , where he soon fell in with a merchant , Tremayne , who had a daughter , Mary . |
| 3 | The huge ammunition wagons set off for the crossroads , their massive iron-rimmed wheels digging great gouges into the road 's surface . |
| 4 | Told not to give Betty any sudden shocks , Frank sets off for another job interview , as an entertainer at a holiday camp . |
| 5 | He had been a fisherman and told tales of the waters ‘ boiling ’ with seals near the Monach Isles , of canoeists setting off for St Kilda and of frequent sightings of porpoises , dolphins , basking sharks , even the occasional whale … |
| 6 | When she had eaten , Ruth set off for Dudley House . |
| 7 | But it was precisely Gould 's unshakeable commonsense , which Havell had so reviled , that was beginning to antagonise the rival American camp , and it was with exasperation that they watched Gould set off for Europe on a reconnoitring trip for his second publication . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | With this thought in mind , Loretta set off for Paddington . |
| 10 | In July 1816 Sewell set off for Vienna , Berlin and Hanover . |
| 11 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |
| 12 | Rather later than planned Rain set off for the Old Mitre pub . |
| 13 | Clutching at the safety of recollection , the Glovers set off for more familiar regions . |
| 14 | Her conscience at peace , Julia set off for dinner in a mood to enjoy herself . |
| 15 | On Boxing Day most families set off for their main summer holiday , heading either for campsites in the bush or at the beach . |
| 16 | Then the teams set off for home bringing this year 's Beaujolais Nouveau by the shortage mileage from Beaune to Liverpool . |
| 17 | First thing this morning campaigners set off for London , and Downing Street . |
| 18 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
| 19 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
| 20 | The cast and crew set off for Tahiti . |
| 21 | This was not quite ready when Mozart set off for Munich and so Mozart 's letters to his father , who acted as intermediary between him and the librettist , reveal a great deal of the process of writing . |
| 22 | Joseph set off for the door but Rain got there first . |
| 23 | Visitors will be charged £1.50 for admission and the Taste Sensation roadshow set off for its Blackpool location just days after being unveiled at Park Royal . |
| 24 | Then , with a small group of his best experts , Gehlen set off for Bavaria to await the arrival of the Americans . |
| 25 | St. George realised that there was every chance that Ofahengaue would become one of the best players of the World Cup and went to the extreme to sign Ofahengaue before the Wallabies set off for London . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | After meeting the Soviet culture minister , and the musical director of the Bolshoi opera , Mr Palmer set off for a cellar club-cum-recording studio and gallery to hear a folk singer break the musical mould and , hopefully , erase the memory of the song ( ‘ I Belong To … ’ ) |
| 28 | The next morning George and his father set off for Thorsbury , each leading a pair of grey shirehorses . |
| 29 | In September my father set off for Fontanellato to find somewhere for us to live , just as the teacher from the South had done . |
| 30 | Miss Harker set off for London with her young charge two days later . |