Example sentences of "[pron] set off 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 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 .
10 A UN convoy which set off for Srebrenica yesterday was turned back by Serbian police backed up by an armoured car .
11 Did n't you even stop to consider that , before you set off for an evening drive ? ’
12 When you are approached , you set off for someone else , calling your own name .
13 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
14 ‘ They were always holding hands and he kissed her goodbye every day as she set off for work . ’
15 For about six weeks before she set off for France , the long way via Cape Town , they made love feverishly .
16 There was a new sense of purpose in her step as she set off for the ‘ speeder .
17 She set off for Alès feeling comforted .
18 She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there .
19 ‘ She said , ‘ This is what love is for — I 'm coming over , ’ and she set off for Rocamar and arrived at breakfast next day . ’
20 She set off for Monte Samana alone .
21 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 . ’
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 and eventually hauled me aboard as we set off for Blackpool .
26 So we set off for a last look round .
27 Mohammed came with us to Taroudant where Aziz organised the Tichka end ( his patch ) and we set off for the mountains .
28 After a pause to coil up the heavy ropes we set off for Gimmer .
29 We set off for a five mile run in the woods to the south of the camp .
30 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 .
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