Example sentences of "[noun] [be] setting [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 As the Russian engineers were arriving in Scotland , Gordon Beattie from Scottish Nuclear 's Contracts and Purchasing department was setting out for Bulgaria for a six month secondment working at the Headquarters of the Bulgarian Energy Committee in Sofia .
2 Another man in another village was setting off for the fields , his hoe over his shoulder .
3 Mr Harris , 51 , and his wife were setting out for church in Lisburn , Co Antrim .
4 At Westons cidermill in Much Marcle , Herefordshire three hundred revellers are setting off for the apple orchards.They 're following in the footsteps of their pagan ancestors in the hopes of ensuring a bumper harvest .
5 Sigarup was setting out for home .
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