Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 When the rain stops I set off for a walk in the cool , after-rain air .
2 Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand .
3 Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn .
4 When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold .
5 I set out for an appointment in Sunderland on the day of its launch , full of hope as York station 's displays indicated the 11.34 InterCity to Newcastle was running ten minutes late .
6 Did n't you even stop to consider that , before you set off for an evening drive ? ’
7 There was a new sense of purpose in her step as she set off for the ‘ speeder .
8 She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there .
9 She set out for the cemetery where both her parents were buried .
10 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 .
11 She had slammed the door as she set out for the Dallam wedding , leaving Odette in tears .
12 We set out for the inlet , pulling a shrieking Maha , surrounded by the usual bevy of children and urged on by the boys , maids and especially the Youngest Son , who was always ready to tease and laugh .
13 It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor .
14 So we set off for a last look round .
15 We set off for a five mile run in the woods to the south of the camp .
16 FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour .
17 Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope .
18 Mohammed came with us to Taroudant where Aziz organised the Tichka end ( his patch ) and we set off for the mountains .
19 In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury .
20 We set off for the ‘ shoot ’ on what turned out to be a dull , damp and extremely grey day , to Ickworth House and gardens — a National Trust property — near Bury St. Edmunds .
21 Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day .
22 Most managers want to take commission on any deals they set up for the artist .
23 The sky was gun-metal but the deluge had not come when they set out for a cafe .
24 But they set out for the Town Hall none the less .
25 Later that day , approximately 3,000 students gathered at ‘ Tianda ’ , Tianjin University from where they set out for the city centre shouting the familiar slogans of the movement .
26 They set out for the club toward the end of the afternoon .
27 Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away .
28 He is in London with Jacob , his wife Judy and daughter Julia , 10 , and before they set off for the Odeon , Leicester Square , last night , he said : ‘ None of us would be here today without Jake 's idea . ’
29 Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate .
30 So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety .
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