Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv prt] for " 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 | When the rain stops I set off for a walk in the cool , after-rain air . |
| 3 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 4 | I set off for Duxford cursing . |
| 5 | After dropping Martin and Lucy off at Vidlin , I set off for home . |
| 6 | And so it was then , that on a cold , Tuesday October evening I set off for my first match … |
| 7 | ‘ On March 19 and I set off for Birmingham and a hotel close to the airport . |
| 8 | Everyone knows that in fact you can get organised — so — leaving the family , animals and business I set off for Avery Hill College . |
| 9 | On 9 November 1984 I set out for consultation a list of branded drugs which would no longer be prescribed under the health service . |
| 10 | ‘ We made ourselves some ro is , and when we 'd eaten them , I set out for home . |
| 11 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
| 12 | The day after I got back from Moscow , I set out for Philadelphia , where I was due to receive a medal from the Franklin Institute . |
| 13 | I set out for an appointment in Sunderland on the day of its launch , full of hope as York station 's displays indicated the 11.34 InterCity to Newcastle was running ten minutes late . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Henry II had five sons who were suspicious and envious of each other , but three of them died before Henry died in the summer of 1189 , and all his possessions passed to Richard , who had pledged himself to set out for the Holy Land on the Third Crusade . |
| 16 | The Education Act of 1981 required that each school prepare a document which set out for parents its aims , objectives , organisation and curriculum policy . |
| 17 | as if in recognition of the inherent limitations of the appeals system in this respect , the Magistrates ' Association issued a set of national guide-lines , in 1999 , which set out for the first time a scale of recommended penalties covering the 25 commonest offence types likely to come before the magistrates , together with guidance on the approach to be adopted for different degrees of seriousness . |
| 18 | A UN convoy which set off for Srebrenica yesterday was turned back by Serbian police backed up by an armoured car . |
| 19 | Okay , so the level whatever you set up for today , will still be that way , unless you change it . |
| 20 | Did n't you even stop to consider that , before you set off for an evening drive ? ’ |
| 21 | When you are approached , you set off for someone else , calling your own name . |
| 22 | Of course you can make appalling howlers if you set out for some reason to portray life in a social area unknown to you . |
| 23 | Early bird Ruth arrives on her bike and pitches in with the adult workers at her grandfather 's stables every morning before she sets off for school Pictures : STUART FOSTER |
| 24 | ‘ They were always holding hands and he kissed her goodbye every day as she set off for work . ’ |
| 25 | For about six weeks before she set off for France , the long way via Cape Town , they made love feverishly . |
| 26 | There was a new sense of purpose in her step as she set off for the ‘ speeder . |
| 27 | She set off for Alès feeling comforted . |
| 28 | She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there . |
| 29 | ‘ She said , ‘ This is what love is for — I 'm coming over , ’ and she set off for Rocamar and arrived at breakfast next day . ’ |
| 30 | She set off for Monte Samana alone . |