Example sentences of "the [noun sg] set [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by the time the delegation set out for Paris , the French Draft Constitution had already been rejected — and with it the principle of free consent on which the French Union was to be based — and while he was still en route to France Ho learned that a Provisional Government of Cochinchina had been announced . |
| 2 | As he knows , I must decide whether to give this matter precedent over the business set down for today or for tomorrow . |
| 3 | As he knows , I have to decide whether his application comes within the Standing Order and , if so , whether a debate should be granted which would take precedence over the business set down for today or tomorrow . |
| 4 | The ball set up for to drive it straight into the wall Speedy then tried the shot Oldfield takes over . |
| 5 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
| 6 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
| 7 | I daresay you find this strange and may think I am ungrateful when after all I have been given the chance to set up for myself which is not given to many of our station but it is a surprise to me too . |
| 8 | The colonel set off for the airport with the general in custody . |
| 9 | After temporary repairs the ship set out for the United States on a voyage it would not have made had the collision not occurred . |