Example sentences of "setting off for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in August , just before setting off for a month in Switzerland , he still hoped to have finished a draft of the third act by the end of the year . |
| 2 | He is probably a murderer himself ; the lightmindedness of his retrospective half-confirmations and half-denials is oddly disgusting ; and for him killing people is no more doing something than sleeping with little girls or setting off for the North Pole . |
| 3 | Catch the sunrise , a stunningly colourful experience on a clear day as the morning light reflects on the rocks bringing out an array of unforgettable colour , before setting off for the Navajo Indian Reservation and the trading Post of Cameron . |
| 4 | It was a little confusing to find ourselves setting off for the summits of the Viluyos barely an hour after the decision to do so . |
| 5 | Cairns , convinced an earlier declaration could have given Notts a chance of victory , at one stage squatted in mid-pitch with his head in his hands and was only directed back to the middle after setting off for the pavilion . |
| 6 | ‘ Ow , McAllister , that do n't look safe , ’ panted Rose as she wheeled herself and the bike into the road , preparatory to setting off for the buildings . |
| 7 | The man giggled — a horrible noise — before setting off for the curtain at the back of the room . |
| 8 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 9 | At Westons cidermill in Much Marcle , Herefordshire three hundred revellers are setting off for the apple orchards.They 're following in the footsteps of their pagan ancestors in the hopes of ensuring a bumper harvest . |
| 10 | Another man in another village was setting off for the fields , his hoe over his shoulder . |