Example sentences of "they set [adv prt] for " in BNC.

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1 Most managers want to take commission on any deals they set up for the artist .
2 But they set out for the Town Hall none the less .
3 Later that day , approximately 3,000 students gathered at ‘ Tianda ’ , Tianjin University from where they set out for the city centre shouting the familiar slogans of the movement .
4 The sky was gun-metal but the deluge had not come when they set out for a cafe .
5 They set out for the club toward the end of the afternoon .
6 Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away .
7 He is in London with Jacob , his wife Judy and daughter Julia , 10 , and before they set off for the Odeon , Leicester Square , last night , he said : ‘ None of us would be here today without Jake 's idea . ’
8 HOUNSLOW will be defending an unbeaten record in the European Cup-Winners ' Cup when they set off for Holland today to compete in this season 's final stages .
9 Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate .
10 They set off for Siwa , arriving on 21 June only to discover that the LRDG was in the process of abandoning the place .
11 So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety .
12 They had been visiting friends , they had enjoyed their evening and the time had gone quickly so it was rather late when they set off for home .
13 Louise kept up a flow of bright chatter as they set off for Wigmore Street .
14 With a companion in a BN Islander and Spencer in an Aero Commander they set off for Botswana .
15 My father was thirty-eight , my mother twenty-nine when they married ; a few months later they set off for Addis Ababa .
16 Side by side , a matching pair , both in their best clothes , they set off for the police station on Royal Hill .
17 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 .
18 Maggie was not cheerful as they set off for Granada .
19 When they set off for church he set off for London , driving fast .
20 A young attendant in a blue uniform respectfully opened the door , and as soon as Luce had been settled into the grey suede luxury of the front passenger-seat they set off for the mainland .
21 SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk .
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