Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | If Bully was in the front garden when she set out for Pack Meeting , he would leap the gate and bound up to her , putting his great front paws against her chest , and barking at her . |
| 32 | She set out for the cemetery where both her parents were buried . |
| 33 | Flavia was working ; the long days in the tower were intact , only in the evening she set out for the house on the other bay ; the difficult hour at the cafe was cut , even writing became bearable . |
| 34 | She had slammed the door as she set out for the Dallam wedding , leaving Odette in tears . |
| 35 | Unless we can get professional managers who are as good entrepreneurially as those who set up for themselves we shall have major problems ahead . |
| 36 | But I always think so many mums , dads and children who set off for work and school in the morning wo n't be coming back . ’ |
| 37 | We set up for Labidochromis sp . |
| 38 | We set out for out next four hours stint in good spirits . |
| 39 | We set out for the inlet , pulling a shrieking Maha , surrounded by the usual bevy of children and urged on by the boys , maids and especially the Youngest Son , who was always ready to tease and laugh . |
| 40 | Mother wept to see Father 's state , and proposed that we set out for Chiguana , the nearest town where we might expect to find a hospital , immediately . |
| 41 | It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor . |
| 42 | We 've got what we set out for . |
| 43 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 44 | Our escorting Wellington was delayed due to phenomenal sandstorms in the Delta area , and it was only on 18 March that it arrived and we set off for Benina to refuel before the sea leg to Malta . |
| 45 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
| 46 | and eventually hauled me aboard as we set off for Blackpool . |
| 47 | So we set off for a last look round . |
| 48 | Mohammed came with us to Taroudant where Aziz organised the Tichka end ( his patch ) and we set off for the mountains . |
| 49 | After a pause to coil up the heavy ropes we set off for Gimmer . |
| 50 | We set off for a five mile run in the woods to the south of the camp . |
| 51 | In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury . |
| 52 | However , prizegiving was only about half an hour later than planned and we set off for home at a reasonable hour . |
| 53 | The following morning we set off for Verona . |
| 54 | We set off for the ‘ shoot ’ on what turned out to be a dull , damp and extremely grey day , to Ickworth House and gardens — a National Trust property — near Bury St. Edmunds . |
| 55 | At 10:16 we boarded the Sprinter on platform one.Then we set off for Shrewsbury : |
| 56 | England captain Graham Gooch offered no excuses for his team 's humiliating defeat , saying : ‘ We set off for this series with high hopes but nothing has gone right for us . |
| 57 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 58 | Fond farewells exchanged , we set off for home , our brains buzzing with new and exciting ideas to bring back to Wales ’ . |
| 59 | ‘ We designed the all-weather track for Lingfield before we sold it , so they had everything set up for them . |
| 60 | This is where one sets off for what are often called the Loch Lochy Munros : Sron a'Choire Ghairbh and Meall na Teanga , and the no less worthy Corbett of Ben Tee . |