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