Example sentences of "set off for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She looked as if she were about to set off for a provincial cocktail party , an office party of female executives .
2 We set off for a five mile run in the woods to the south of the camp .
3 So we set off for a last look round .
4 Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away .
10 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 .
11 Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate .
12 Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences .
13 Because of this , my aunt and I returned home and ate before setting off for the first of our two destinations .
14 I am writing this quickly on my return ( Tuesday evening ) from London , prior to setting off for the European rural conference in Scotland .
15 And he immediately set off for a long Bank Holiday break !
16 Following two days ' rest Venables and Renshaw set off for a final attempt taking a more direct line , avoiding sections of 70 degree snow and ice by passages of rock and mixed climbing .
17 She was eighteen and had never been out of England , yet she unhesitatingly set off for a remote and savage country in Africa .
18 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 .
19 She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 Wilcock set off for the New World .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 Rather later than planned Rain set off for the Old Mitre pub .
30 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 .
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