Example sentences of "set [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | However , they are usually symptomatic of something else ; people do n't set off for work with the intention of causing a communication breakdown . |
2 | The dacha was owned by a doctor who , Vasili reasoned , would be able to snap Lena out of her trance ; then the two of them could set off for Tula on the banks of the River Don where they would lie low until , with time , the investigation wound down . |
3 | ‘ If you 'd prefer to not risk my efforts at the barbecue I can easily set off for home right now . |
4 | She will then set off for Shetland again at 2 am , arriving at 2pm . |
5 | Lawrence will set off for England on Sunday . |
6 | Oag has just returned from Tokyo , and will set off for a climbing exhibition in Grenoble in a few days . |
7 | The hotelier can set up for any number of different plans , for example , golf weekends , leisure breaks , family rates , and so forth |
8 | And when ye would set out for Castille , let all the people know in secret , that they make themselves ready , and take with them all that they have , so that none of the Moors in the suburb may know thereof ; for certes ye can not keep the city , neither abide therein after my death . |
9 | When voices started rising and violence seemed inevitable , Kalchu told me that it would n't be resolved for hours and , rather than waiting around in the cold on the off-chance of getting some meat , we might as well set out for home . |
10 | The threatening cloud of gloom that had been pea-sized when they 'd set out for Host Street grew to storm proportions . |
11 | [ to BELVILLE ] Honoured sir , your last proposal to me convinces me I ought not to stay , so , with a thousand thanks for all favours , I will set out for home tomorrow early . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | And then , restraining himself from a farewell blast on the Dixie horn , he 'd set out for Liston Hall . |
14 | Well , it was all to the good ; after he 'd finished skiing for the day they 'd return to the cottage , and she 'd set out for home . |
15 | ‘ She did n't say that , ’ he replied , the ebullience with which he 'd set out for the Greens ' household nowhere to be seen . |
16 | you can set out for two hundred . |