Example sentences of "[adv prt] to [noun] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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31 | Still you could always come back to Malia for a little peace and quiet in the local monastery ! |
32 | It was agreed that as the European War was over I should take my family back to England for a short period of leave . |
33 | But the suspension also meant that Coker was able to whizz back to Oz for a two-week training camp in Brisbane with Queensland to return having served his time and he missed almost none of the domestic season . |
34 | But with fourteen minutes gone Derby moved the ball slickly from Forsyth to Harts and on to Paul for a measured finish . |
35 | Today , we debate a legislative programme that could have been proposed only by a Government who have no purpose other than hanging on to office for a few more months . |
36 | Matthew eventually returned to Nanaimo and came home with us , but Ed continued on to Ohio for a longer stay . |
37 | Once there , he held on to power for a long time , easily in successive periods of government , with unusual difficulty in opposition . |
38 | Better to hold on to power for a few days or hours longer . |
39 | Then he flew to Japan to run the 440K from Hiroshima to Nagasaki in a new record time of just over 57 hours , and moved on to Siberia for a 13-day stage race covering 50K a day . |