Example sentences of "london for a " in BNC.

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1 Determined to write herself out of her poverty , Buchi Emecheta launched herself on the book world with an autobiographical account of life in London for a young Nigerian single parent .
2 Buchi Emecheta is best remembered for her first book , In the Ditch , an autobiographical account of life in 1960s London for a young Nigerian woman with five children .
3 A representative from each travelled to London for a joint interview chaired by Jones , and subsequently published in Melody Maker .
4 When we first arrived home from Hong Kong , we did not know about the aorta problem , so two days after our homecoming Michael went to London for a further two days of meetings .
5 One of their friends was a medium , and once a month those of their group who could get there would assemble at her flat in south London for a seance .
6 Each year old comrades gather in London for a reunion dinner .
7 His parents fully understood his difficulties and raised no objections when he said that he wanted to live in the poorest part of South-East London for a year , to study conditions and work in a lay capacity amongst the people .
8 After graduation I worked in London for a couple of years , but in 1985 a decision had to be made : my husband had just finished a sixmonth intensive training course at the Thatching Advisory Service in Berkshire .
9 Lisa 's nightmare escalated in the summer of 1990 when Janet , 36 , took her to St Bartholomew 's Hospital in London for a routine checkup .
10 There 's been a show running in London for a while called ‘ Good Rockin' Tonight ’ which is the story — probably a touch glamorised , since he wrote it himself — of Jack Good , the ‘ discoverer ’ of many of the British rock'n'roll legends , including Cliff Richard , Billy Fury and Marty Wilde .
11 G. Hare , D.S.C. , who takes up the story of the preparations : ‘ In mid April 1941 I was called to London for a secret verbal appointment and interviewed by Rear-Admiral Clement Moody , the Fifth Sea Lord ( he had been my Captain in ‘ Eagle ’ ) .
12 It transpires that Miss Lewis and Mr Wyatt cohabited in London for a brace of years .
13 It would not have warranted summoning all district society presidents to London for a brief meeting , but the value gained from these was particularly significant .
14 ‘ A note has been left at the flat where they lived , advising friends that they have gone to London for a vacation .
15 CHELMSFORD Partners travelled to West London for a pair of Royal Bank of Scotland National Volleyball League Division Four games and suffered the consequences of taking only a squad of six players .
16 Since then , several lucky Hairflair readers have been along to the Feature You studios in London for a fabulous make-over and photographic shoot — with some stunning results …
17 She was in London for a Royal Gala ballet performance to helps an AIDS trust .
18 ‘ He had a shower , changed , leaped on to a train and came straight to London for a 3pm charity gathering .
19 ‘ I 'm back in London for a couple of nights .
20 Lyn Sweeting 's daughter was due to travel from Chelmsford to London for a check up after months of chemotherapy for leukaemia .
21 So Diana was deeply distressed when the Sunday Mirror newspaper ran a front page story claiming that , on November 5 , Diana drove from London for a secret meeting with Prince Charles aboard the royal train in a siding at Holt in Wiltshire .
22 Birgit Nilsson was in London for a dinner to pay tribute to Christopher Raeburn .
23 In February of that year , Margaret came to London for a BUF meeting at the Albert Hall .
24 After living in London for a while the couple spent a few days in Bournemouth and on St Swithun 's Day 1875 they came by steamer to Swanage .
25 And Simon was invited to go down to London for a chat .
26 He telephoned a Sunday request to London for a Monday Cabinet , sent the proposals back overnight by a Foreign Office official , and left for Switzerland .
27 About this time , the Reichmanns divested themselves of their English Properties company in London for a profit of £90 million .
28 This time he ran back towards London for a while .
29 We 'll be going to London for a few days next month to find suitable premises , so I 'll be able to go down and see Mum and Dad and the children .
30 In March he went to London for a party at the Mermaid Tavern .
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