Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun prp] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely no one could think better of Jason for the quoted remarks ? |
| 2 | Brian Seymour 's crew brought her down from Scotland for the royal occasion and my crew joined at Southampton to put the final touches on the paint and brightwork . |
| 3 | JOCELYN BROWN flies in from America for a one-off show for the Songwriters Network at London Subterania on May 6 . |
| 4 | Former Securitate chief Iulian Vlad , who was already serving a 3@1/2-year sentence handed down in March for a similar offence [ see p. 38108 ] , received a four-year sentence ( it was unclear whether the new sentence would run consecutively or concurrently ) . |
| 5 | A thin , stoop-shouldered Frenchman wearing a pince-nez who had been watching and listening from the curbside , stepped into the road suddenly and leaned close enough to Chuck for the American boy to smell the garlic on his breath . |
| 6 | Thought we might go down to Grafton for the Old Boys ’ match against the first XI . |
| 7 | I travelled down to Gateshead for the big meeting there , Great Britain versus the Commonwealth , and was witness to one of the most amazing come-backs in British sprinting history made by , who else , that old war-horse Allan Wells . |
| 8 | They came from all over Gloucestershire for a typical Victorian day out … a trip on a steamer to the seaside resort of Ilfracombe.Six hundred and fifty climbed aboard the Balmoral at Lydney dock … making the most of the chance of a lifetime.After all the last pleasure boat to attract the crowds down to Lydney dock for a trip to Devon was the paddle steamer Ravenswood in 1893 . |
| 9 | This evening after dinner you might wish to take the train ( 20 minutes ) in to Amsterdam for an exhilarating evening in what is undoubtedly Europe 's most surprising city . |
| 10 | When you consider that there are 120 dealers in the are you can appreciate why Bath is second only to London for the serious hunter . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've walked halfway across Berlin for the International Anti-War Youth Movement , and I 'm for a swim . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Of course he was away in England for a good many years , ’ Bull O'Malley offered by way of explanation . |
| 13 | ‘ You bastards have been over in France for the past three months , sitting in the sunshine and screwing all those French bints . ’ |
| 14 | By the late 1920s when it became possible to send cars away to Hendon for a thorough overhaul , they were all in really tired condition . |
| 15 | It 's like asking Gadhafi over to Washington for a cosy chat . ’ |
| 16 | In 1978 , I went over to France for the final day of the parliamentary elections , expecting to stay up for most of the night as one would in the UK . |
| 17 | A UN convoy , due to set out yesterday from Belgrade for the Muslim-held town of Gorazde , was postponed for a day at the request of the Serbs . |
| 18 | Travel came when Mr Smythe left Sedbergh School and the security of the family home in Sunderland for a three-year apprenticeship at the Arosa confectionery school in Switzerland . |
| 19 | By 1673 , he thought that too many of his supporters were being exposed to danger by his presence so he went off to Ireland for a cooling-down period . |
| 20 | They might receive only one or two small gifts , or even none , or — worst of all — could find themselves carried off to Spain for a whole year ! |
| 21 | It seems they are then off to Birmingham for a Dire Straits concert . |
| 22 | Another local family off to Aintree for the big day are the Lees from Byton in Herefordshire . |
| 23 | Both the prince and Victor Oldenburg had flown in it with him , once to St Moritz for a skiing holiday and once to Gibraltar for an official visit . |
| 24 | I had made a start in Burmese at the School of Oriental Languages in London , going up from Stepney for a weekly lesson , so I could read haltingly and use a score or more greetings and questions , which deceived the kindly village people into thinking that I knew more than I did , with the result that an opening sentence of mine would elicit a whole string of Burmese from which I would only pick up a word or two . |
| 25 | It is for the benefit of the inspectors who come up from Paris for the biannual audits . |
| 26 | Tickets will also be valid for travel by normal service train from Bournemouth , Southampton and Basingstoke up to London for the special , and the return working will stop at Southampton & Basingstoke to set down . |
| 27 | ‘ I remember coming up to Middlesbrough for the final game with Oxford , which Boro won 4–0 , ’ he recalled . |
| 28 | In June he went up to Leeds for a three-week holiday : the air of the Yorkshire moors always did him good , and there were in the vicinity a doctor , an oculist and a radiologist to examine him periodically . |
| 29 | Near the station of the cable railway which takes you up to Gabulowka for a lovely view across the town , there are Russians and other traders selling bric a brac in the open market . |
| 30 | Ex-wife Ivana 's book about their marriage and divorce has been snapped up by CBS for a mini-series . |