Example sentences of "set [adv prt] for a " 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 | A MOTHER has condemned thieves who stole the wheels off the family car just before her cancer victim daughter was to set off for a hospital check up . |
| 3 | A final technical point on audio versus video recording : it takes no longer to set up for a simple video recording than it does to position a microphone for an audio recording . |
| 4 | When the rain stops I set off for a walk in the cool , after-rain air . |
| 5 | So we set off for a last look round . |
| 6 | We set off for a five mile run in the woods to the south of the camp . |
| 7 | Did n't you even stop to consider that , before you set off for an evening drive ? ’ |
| 8 | Oag has just returned from Tokyo , and will set off for a climbing exhibition in Grenoble in a few days . |
| 9 | Quite how to choose your destination is not clear : You might set out for a holiday in Virgo and end up in the Crab Nebula . |
| 10 | She arranged them on the big table on the terrace where they looked impeccable , like clothes set out for a wedding . |
| 11 | The sky was gun-metal but the deluge had not come when they set out for a cafe . |
| 12 | I set out for an appointment in Sunderland on the day of its launch , full of hope as York station 's displays indicated the 11.34 InterCity to Newcastle was running ten minutes late . |
| 13 | A few months as a registrar in Nottingham , then he would be well set up for a job in the place of his choice . |
| 14 | It 's just basically set up for a rape scene . |
| 15 | With no back-up flap system the aeroplane is set up for a slightly flatter flapless approach at 130 knots . |
| 16 | Social groups are often deliberately set up for a purpose . |
| 17 | ‘ Zoo Check ’ was set up for a number of reasons , here are its six aims : |
| 18 | THREE or four times a month a Royal Bank lorry laden with 4 tonnes of waste paper pulls out of Drummond House and sets off for a paper mill in Fife . |
| 19 | A beat that sets out for a destination may have to renavigate on the way or may even have to change destination . |
| 20 | But in August , just before setting off for a month in Switzerland , he still hoped to have finished a draft of the third act by the end of the year . |
| 21 | ‘ There would be no point in setting out for a star if you did n't know how far away it was . ’ |
| 22 | Below : A conference of the Women 's Liberal Federation setting out for a tour of Blackpool and St. Annes in May 1926 , using six toastrack trams , here drawn up on both tracks at North Pier . |
| 23 | After meeting the Soviet culture minister , and the musical director of the Bolshoi opera , Mr Palmer set off for a cellar club-cum-recording studio and gallery to hear a folk singer break the musical mould and , hopefully , erase the memory of the song ( ‘ I Belong To … ’ ) |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | And he immediately set off for a long Bank Holiday break ! |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | She was eighteen and had never been out of England , yet she unhesitatingly set off for a remote and savage country in Africa . |
| 28 | The day was held for customers and staff who in groups of three , set off for an 18-hole Stableford competition ( I 'm told this will mean something to golfers ! ) |
| 29 | Set the temperature to a degree or two higher than that of the maintenance tank and place the female in this set up for a time to associate herself with the layout and hiding places . |
| 30 | As with all guitar noise problems , this effect is most prevalent when the amp is very loud , or set up for an overdrive sound . |