Example sentences of "he set [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the city itself there is the Oskar Reinhart Foundation , which he set up for Winterthur in his lifetime , and which houses over six hundred works by Swiss , German and Austrian artists of the sixteenth , seventeenth and eighteenth centuries .
2 His political position in the USA had , however , begun to weaken even before he set out for Paris .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 By six o'clock he was weary and bad tempered and he set out for home .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 He set off for Spain in August 1965 to film A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum with director Richard Lester .
9 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 .
10 Frustrated , he set off for London .
11 When they set off for church he set off for London , driving fast .
12 But Denis 's hopes took flight with the break-up of the Soviet empire and he set off for Russia this summer .
13 Naturally I agreed , and he set off for paris immediately with Ted Church as the UK observer .
14 ‘ That fateful day he set off for work and their lives changed forever is etched on Wyn 's memory .
15 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 .
16 And so when he set off for home the red bitch was with him , loping along by his side .
17 He shivered a little as he set off for home .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 He set off for Ayr yesterday with five more under his belt and promptly won the first three races , two in photos .
22 It started with his first kick , and keeping the machine as quiet as possible until clear of the village , he set off for Berkeley .
23 Next he set off for Jerusalem , then to Rome again , and back to England and London .
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