Example sentences of "he [verb] off for the " in BNC.

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1 He gets up early in the morning , saddles his ass , cuts the wood for the sacrifice , and taking two young servants and Isaac with him , he sets off for the place of which God has told him .
2 Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences .
3 He shot off for the bungalow and a private phone .
4 He set off for the Canal Turn in glorious isolation while behind him the rest of the field manically tried to salvage some hope from the disaster .
5 As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall .
6 Checking his watch , he set off for the hilltop once more .
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