Example sentences of "we set off for " in BNC.
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| 1 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 2 | Our escorting Wellington was delayed due to phenomenal sandstorms in the Delta area , and it was only on 18 March that it arrived and we set off for Benina to refuel before the sea leg to Malta . |
| 3 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
| 4 | and eventually hauled me aboard as we set off for Blackpool . |
| 5 | So we set off for a last look round . |
| 6 | Mohammed came with us to Taroudant where Aziz organised the Tichka end ( his patch ) and we set off for the mountains . |
| 7 | After a pause to coil up the heavy ropes we set off for Gimmer . |
| 8 | We set off for a five mile run in the woods to the south of the camp . |
| 9 | In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury . |
| 10 | However , prizegiving was only about half an hour later than planned and we set off for home at a reasonable hour . |
| 11 | The following morning we set off for Verona . |
| 12 | We set off for the ‘ shoot ’ on what turned out to be a dull , damp and extremely grey day , to Ickworth House and gardens — a National Trust property — near Bury St. Edmunds . |
| 13 | At 10:16 we boarded the Sprinter on platform one.Then we set off for Shrewsbury : |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 16 | Fond farewells exchanged , we set off for home , our brains buzzing with new and exciting ideas to bring back to Wales ’ . |