Example sentences of "[adv] set off for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you 'd prefer to not risk my efforts at the barbecue I can easily set off for home right now . |
| 2 | She soon set off for Leicester , where she sobbed ‘ hideously ’ and was put in prison with two unlucky fellow-pilgrims . |
| 3 | The Range Rover was crammed with so much food as they finally set off for Brides Haven that Leonora expressed doubt that the boat would carry it all . |
| 4 | Kallicharran , assuming that the entertainment had been concluded for the day , also set off for the dressing-room . |
| 5 | and wife visited Sydney en route to Hobart and then also set off for London before flying to New York . |
| 6 | After a good night 's sleep , we arrived at breakfast with about 15 minutes to spare , and eventually set off for Hungary where we were due to stay the night with a Weymouth girl married to a Hungarian and is living in Gyor . |
| 7 | She was eighteen and had never been out of England , yet she unhesitatingly set off for a remote and savage country in Africa . |
| 8 | However , they are usually symptomatic of something else ; people do n't set off for work with the intention of causing a communication breakdown . |
| 9 | Two anglers from London arrived at the draw but immediately set off for home again fearful of travelling conditions . |
| 10 | He immediately set off for Germany in a van and the rest is history . |
| 11 | And he immediately set off for a long Bank Holiday break ! |
| 12 | She looked as if she were about to set off for a provincial cocktail party , an office party of female executives . |
| 13 | Well , if you 're about to set off for your Easter weekend , do take care on the roads . |
| 14 | She will then set off for Shetland again at 2 am , arriving at 2pm . |
| 15 | The Mozarts then set off for Mannheim , which , under the music-loving Elector Carl Theodor , had one of the finest orchestras in Europe ; and since 1742 the Electoral palace had also included an opera house in the west wing . |
| 16 | With a sinking heart she arranged for her things to come up by an outside porter , and then set off for home . |
| 17 | We ate a hearty breakfast and then set off for the moor . |
| 18 | I nip down to Engineering and borrow a remote ( must keep tabs on things in London ) , then set off for the circus . |
| 19 | There is a coincidence with Osbern 's story , and it may be that Swegen was present in England when tribute was paid in 1012 , and then set off for the Irish Sea ( thus repeating the possible pattern of 994 – 5 ) only to be shipwrecked , perhaps off the Welsh coast . |
| 20 | He had no intention of staying by Hitler 's side in his Berlin bunker and instead set off for his own headquarters . |
| 21 | Then , from U hu , someone else sets off for Lāmri and for Lorpa . |
| 22 | He also planned to entertain at the Priory his neighbours and friends , and here it was possible that he received fresh warnings of danger , as on finishing his dinner he hurriedly set off for Halling and was scarcely clear of the city when a riot broke out and the mob tried to pillage the Priory . |