Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] set [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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1 | After a good night 's sleep , we arrived at breakfast with about 15 minutes to spare , and eventually set off for Hungary where we were due to stay the night with a Weymouth girl married to a Hungarian and is living in Gyor . |
2 | With the bishop of Winchester he presented Kilwardby with his pallium in May 1273 and immediately set out for Burgundy to meet Edward I on his return from crusade . |
3 | And when three men turned back just below camp 4 because of bad weather Harry Taylor climbed on … and then set out for the summit on his own . |
4 | With a sinking heart she arranged for her things to come up by an outside porter , and then set off for home . |
5 | We ate a hearty breakfast and then set off for the moor . |
6 | There is a coincidence with Osbern 's story , and it may be that Swegen was present in England when tribute was paid in 1012 , and then set off for the Irish Sea ( thus repeating the possible pattern of 994 – 5 ) only to be shipwrecked , perhaps off the Welsh coast . |
7 | He had no intention of staying by Hitler 's side in his Berlin bunker and instead set off for his own headquarters . |
8 | Two anglers from London arrived at the draw but immediately set off for home again fearful of travelling conditions . |