Example sentences of "he set [adv] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His political position in the USA had , however , begun to weaken even before he set out for Paris . |
| 2 | Once when Denis Wirth-Miller was staying at Allen Street he set out for Soho in a cab with Minton who had four sailors in tow . |
| 3 | In 1669 he was first approached by the French statesman J. B. Colbert , and in December 1682 he set out for France , having been commissioned by Colbert to plan and construct the fountains at Versailles . |
| 4 | Until 1190 , they were kept up-to-date ; but in that year , Count Henry II of Champagne took one copy of the list with him when he set out for Outremer , and this may have inhibited his officials from making further changes in the copy left behind at Troyes . |
| 5 | He then passed on to Constantinople , where again he stopped for a while ; and on 23 January 1433 ( I Jumada II 836 ) he set out for Edirne . |
| 6 | He set off for Spain in August 1965 to film A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum with director Richard Lester . |
| 7 | Perhaps we might have a look at things , at this stage , through the eyes of young Benjamin Titford , the youngest surviving son , left motherless at nine years old ; waving his big brother William Charles goodbye as he set off for London soon afterwards ; watching brother John cough himself into an early grave ; listening to endless conversations about high prices , shortages , and a war across the channel ; dragged out of his bed in the middle of the night to cries of ‘ Fire ! ’ and ‘ Flood ! ’ ; struggling to keep warm every winter ; watching his father die of a long illness — these experiences made his childhood , in modern terms , an awful , albeit a dramatic one . |
| 8 | Frustrated , he set off for London . |
| 9 | When they set off for church he set off for London , driving fast . |
| 10 | But Denis 's hopes took flight with the break-up of the Soviet empire and he set off for Russia this summer . |
| 11 | One day he set off for Barnard Castle to address a meeting , but got so hopelessly drunk on the journey he was unable to speak on his arrival . |
| 12 | When he had had his lunch , which he brought with him in the suitcase , a packet of salami sandwiches , a croissant with jam in it and a fruit-and-nut bar , he set off for West End Lane , to the Electricity Board and the Gas Board , to make inquiries about a chimney sweep , and put an advertisement for tenants in a newsagent 's window . |
| 13 | Known as ‘ Puffin' since childhood because of his hooked nose , he had worked with Baird on four previous films and had just finished making The Millionairess , starring Sophia Loren , when he set off for Sweden in October 1960 . |
| 14 | When it came time for him to be knighted by Henry I in Rouen , he set off for Normandy with a crowd of these young men about him . |
| 15 | He set off for Ayr yesterday with five more under his belt and promptly won the first three races , two in photos . |
| 16 | It started with his first kick , and keeping the machine as quiet as possible until clear of the village , he set off for Berkeley . |
| 17 | Next he set off for Jerusalem , then to Rome again , and back to England and London . |