Example sentences of "set off for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away . |
| 7 | Ossie and Tito steal him back and set off for the wild reaches of western Ireland with Byrne , Kelly and their friend Kathleen ( Barkin ) in hot pursuit . |
| 8 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 9 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |
| 10 | Because of this , my aunt and I returned home and ate before setting off for the first of our two destinations . |
| 11 | I am writing this quickly on my return ( Tuesday evening ) from London , prior to setting off for the European rural conference in Scotland . |
| 12 | She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there . |
| 13 | DALY , John : When rookie pro ‘ Long ’ John Daly set off for the 1991 US PGA Championship , he did n't even know whether he would get to play . |
| 14 | In September 1316 Edward retained him for a very large fee in return for the promise of his service with a commensurately large retinue ; and shortly afterwards he and Pembroke set off for the papal curia on a mission which had the repeal of the Ordinances as one of its objectives . |
| 15 | Wilcock set off for the New World . |
| 16 | After a few minutes Crabb returned to the jetty for some extra weights to overcome his buoyancy and , having fitted these to his satisfaction , set off for the Russian cruiser . |
| 17 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 18 | If a pup from the England A team should over-pitch the new ball , then , sure as eggs are eggs , England 's captain will tonk it back past him and set off for the first runs of 1992 . |
| 19 | At the same time , on the other side of the range , Christophe Moulin , a 33-year-old guide from Briancon , set off for the first solo ascent ( and incidentally the first repeat ) of Jean-Marc Boivin 's Ballade Au Clair du Lune : a hooks-and-copperheads A4 on the south face of the Fou . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Having established himself at Ince , Killigrew set off for the busy mercantile town of Plymouth , where he soon fell in with a merchant , Tremayne , who had a daughter , Mary . |
| 22 | Rather later than planned Rain set off for the Old Mitre pub . |
| 23 | Mrs Major 's party set off for the northern half of the seat to goad the faithful and stir the idle while Mr Major toured the south . |