Example sentences of "[noun prp] set off for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having established himself at Ince , Killigrew set off for the busy mercantile town of Plymouth , where he soon fell in with a merchant , Tremayne , who had a daughter , Mary . |
| 2 | Told not to give Betty any sudden shocks , Frank sets off for another job interview , as an entertainer at a holiday camp . |
| 3 | When she had eaten , Ruth set off for Dudley House . |
| 4 | But it was precisely Gould 's unshakeable commonsense , which Havell had so reviled , that was beginning to antagonise the rival American camp , and it was with exasperation that they watched Gould set off for Europe on a reconnoitring trip for his second publication . |
| 5 | Early that afternoon , as soon as she could get away from a lunch with colleagues from her department , Loretta set off for the Sunday Herald building . |
| 6 | With this thought in mind , Loretta set off for Paddington . |
| 7 | In July 1816 Sewell set off for Vienna , Berlin and Hanover . |
| 8 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |
| 9 | Clutching at the safety of recollection , the Glovers set off for more familiar regions . |
| 10 | Her conscience at peace , Julia set off for dinner in a mood to enjoy herself . |
| 11 | This was not quite ready when Mozart set off for Munich and so Mozart 's letters to his father , who acted as intermediary between him and the librettist , reveal a great deal of the process of writing . |
| 12 | Joseph set off for the door but Rain got there first . |
| 13 | Then , with a small group of his best experts , Gehlen set off for Bavaria to await the arrival of the Americans . |
| 14 | On the contrary , all seemed set fair , and when they had loaded the packing-cases on to the cart Matey and McAllister set off for the church hall , to lay out the stall , to have everything ready for the afternoon 's visitors , Dr Neil having promised to come along to help them . |
| 15 | After meeting the Soviet culture minister , and the musical director of the Bolshoi opera , Mr Palmer set off for a cellar club-cum-recording studio and gallery to hear a folk singer break the musical mould and , hopefully , erase the memory of the song ( ‘ I Belong To … ’ ) |
| 16 | Miss Harker set off for London with her young charge two days later . |
| 17 | DALY , John : When rookie pro ‘ Long ’ John Daly set off for the 1991 US PGA Championship , he did n't even know whether he would get to play . |
| 18 | In September 1316 Edward retained him for a very large fee in return for the promise of his service with a commensurately large retinue ; and shortly afterwards he and Pembroke set off for the papal curia on a mission which had the repeal of the Ordinances as one of its objectives . |
| 19 | Following two days ' rest Venables and Renshaw set off for a final attempt taking a more direct line , avoiding sections of 70 degree snow and ice by passages of rock and mixed climbing . |
| 20 | Wilcock set off for the New World . |
| 21 | Hardly a week passed without Anna Essinger setting off for London on a fund raising mission , invariably returning with promises to sponsor more refugee children . |
| 22 | Hence , almost immediately after the Pensions Act was passed , Lloyd George set off for Germany to investigate the longest established national insurance system . |
| 23 | Val set off for the interior in the best of the hire cars available , a well worn seat with grudging breaks , and drove alone on empty roads through a barren and alien territory . |
| 24 | But yesterday he happily grasped the handles of her frilly carrycot as the Stewarts set off for Los Angeles . |
| 25 | Ĺeonie 's birthday was a week after Thérèse 's , in mid July , just before she and Madeleine set off for their summer holidays with the family in France . |
| 26 | Next morning Sophie set off for Seabourne , and , after looking in the pet shop window , she went inside and strolled around . |
| 27 | Bolín set off for Rome on 19 July . |