Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] set off for " in BNC.

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1 She crossed the bridge between the frogs and set off for the far end of the green , where the lane led up into the council estate .
2 Then they have five days to sell the dog , make arrangements for the wife and kids and set off for Moscow 's Star City , ’ he said .
3 On April 18 , 1943 at 0700hrs Yamamoto climbed aboard a Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber and set off for Bougainville , his formation was accompanied by another Betty and six Zeros .
4 There was time only to grab a piece of burnt toast before jumping into her car and setting off for London .
5 But presently the crowd loosened into smaller groups and a good many people went off into the village or set off for outlying farms .
6 An hour later , she climbed into her Panda and set off for Oxford .
7 She combed her hair , applied her make-up and set off for the Post Office .
8 Although it was raining and freezing cold outside , we all got ready and pulled ourselves into our wet suits and set off for the river .
9 Realising that there was more snow on the way , she clenched her teeth and set off for the moors .
10 She turned to her right and set off for home , all thought and feeling evacuated along with her energy and her sweat , in touch only with the irregular paving-stones , the light-rays interrupting the pink-grey clouds , the number-plates of cars , the lines on the faces that passed her , the name of the day , its date .
11 Five days later Edward I appointed his son regent and set off for Flanders .
12 I collect a dozen or so from the dewy grass in the early morning and set off for a few hours ' chubbing , knowing I am going to catch several fish , providing , of course , the weather and water conditions are favourable .
13 We put on our képis , straightened our ties , pulled our fingers into regulation gloves and set off for the guardhouse .
14 He is probably a murderer himself ; the lightmindedness of his retrospective half-confirmations and half-denials is oddly disgusting ; and for him killing people is no more doing something than sleeping with little girls or setting off for the North Pole .
15 We met at the youth centre in Chelmsford , checked that everybody had passports , E111 's ( health forms for the European Community ) and luggage and set off for Ramsgate .
16 When he had gone , Arty , smiling to himself at what he considered a victory , got out of bed and set off for the bathroom to wash his hair .
17 The next Friday they load up the bus and set off for Oxford .
18 Godolphin only had to pick up the encyclopaedia and he was ready to put on his boots and set off for the Dominions again .
19 Leaving strict instructions to Joanne to stay there at all costs and to both of them under no account to let anyone in , he hurried to the Cortina and set off for Fleet Street .
20 THREE or four times a month a Royal Bank lorry laden with 4 tonnes of waste paper pulls out of Drummond House and sets off for a paper mill in Fife .
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