Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] set [adv prt] for " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Once when Denis Wirth-Miller was staying at Allen Street he set out for Soho in a cab with Minton who had four sailors in tow .
3 ‘ That fateful day he set off for work and their lives changed forever is etched on Wyn 's memory .
4 One day he set off for Barnard Castle to address a meeting , but got so hopelessly drunk on the journey he was unable to speak on his arrival .
5 When they set off for church he set off for London , driving fast .
6 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 . ’
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