Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv] 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 Okay , so the level whatever you set up for today , will still be that way , unless you change it .
15 Did n't you even stop to consider that , before you set off for an evening drive ? ’
16 When you are approached , you set off for someone else , calling your own name .
17 Of course you can make appalling howlers if you set out for some reason to portray life in a social area unknown to you .
18 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
19 ‘ They were always holding hands and he kissed her goodbye every day as she set off for work . ’
20 For about six weeks before she set off for France , the long way via Cape Town , they made love feverishly .
21 There was a new sense of purpose in her step as she set off for the ‘ speeder .
22 She set off for Alès feeling comforted .
23 She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there .
24 ‘ She said , ‘ This is what love is for — I 'm coming over , ’ and she set off for Rocamar and arrived at breakfast next day . ’
25 She set off for Monte Samana alone .
26 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 .
27 She set out for the cemetery where both her parents were buried .
28 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 .
29 She had slammed the door as she set out for the Dallam wedding , leaving Odette in tears .
30 We set up for Labidochromis sp .
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