Example sentences of "set off for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right hand gear change , non-synchromesh gearbox and in a very odd posture for driving , they set off for 5 laps in these amazing cars . |
| 2 | England captain Graham Gooch offered no excuses for his team 's humiliating defeat , saying : ‘ We set off for this series with high hopes but nothing has gone right for us . |
| 3 | Told not to give Betty any sudden shocks , Frank sets off for another job interview , as an entertainer at a holiday camp . |
| 4 | David 's application was successful and along with nine other students he will shortly be setting off for one of eight specially selected Earthwatch projects for two weeks of hard work , learning and fun . |
| 5 | But presently the crowd loosened into smaller groups and a good many people went off into the village or set off for outlying farms . |
| 6 | In January 1968 Crawford and his family , which now included baby Lucy , set off for six months in Hollywood . |
| 7 | Unable to face his wife in the bungalow in High Park Avenue and fearful of meeting her in one of the shops if he hung about the town , he set off for another walk along the beach , striking out this time in the opposite direction from the one he 'd taken that morning . |
| 8 | Leaving Colonel Doughty-Wylie in charge of the Legation , he set off for Dire Dawa by caravan on 4 May and arrived in England on 15 June . |