Example sentences of "[pron] set [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reluctantly , I hired a pea-green boat , and with my faithful Siamese cat ( Doc Wat Son ) I set sail for Nursery Isle . |
| 2 | When she set sail for her homeland in 1952 Eva and another Australian girl were given the job of looking after twelve children from the Fairbridge Society on the voyage . |
| 3 | Her mother waved the 20-year old off , and she set sail for England . |
| 4 | WE SET SAIL for Europe in the summer of 1948 — for Europe , and for war . |
| 5 | For Henry Thomas had left Tredegar for railway employment in Swindon and one of his sons , the Uncle Harry who features in the Swindon holidays described so lovingly in The Childhood of Edward Thomas , was a fitter at the Swindon GWR works until he set sail for South Africa in 1891 . |
| 6 | When I spoke to Weir , now a sprightly 83 , he still remembered what he was going to be in for when he set sail for a country which had legendary names like Hobbs , Sutcliffe , Woolley , Hendren and many others floating around the various counties . |
| 7 | A year later , taking leave of his wife with some piercing poems of separation , he set sail for India . |
| 8 | On renouncing alcohol he was pardoned and he set sail for Darlington where he became a leading light in the Society . |