Example sentences of "we set off for the " 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 | 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 . |
3 | Mohammed came with us to Taroudant where Aziz organised the Tichka end ( his patch ) and we set off for the mountains . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |