Example sentences of "[verb] set [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your cousin Henry has set off for Alma Ata in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan , hoping to finance himself by selling articles to The Spectator , where he has asked me to use my influence . |
| 2 | I have a four foot tank which I was going to set up for Malawis , however , with the above in mind , what would you consider the best course of action : |
| 3 | She and Ella had plenty of time before they needed to set off for school . |
| 4 | Supply control measures would also be introduced which would encourage set aside for cereals , lower milk quotas and place upper limits on sheep premia . |
| 5 | By this one Tutilo must have set out for Longner , and by this one he had returned , only to happen upon this grievous discovery along the way . |
| 6 | I mean , I do n't think Mary and Joseph would have set out for Bethlehem yet . |
| 7 | In Roirbak 's laboratory wing , Ari was watching a movie too , though of a slightly different nature to any Roirbak had set out for Nathan 's entertainment . |
| 8 | When most of the dancers had set off for home , and Lucy had given Josie reason to assume that she 'd done the same , she sat in one of the empty offices for a while and then returned to the wardrobe department . |
| 9 | THIS is a bit hard to understand but some audacious young men from Newcastle have set off for Europe in the company of Ermentrude the Cow from The Magic Roundabout . |
| 10 | ‘ But now it is up to the Catholic officials and the county to find the money from the £243,000 I have set aside for church school repairs . |