Example sentences of "[adv prt] to [noun prp] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were in Stratford for the summer , but I went down to Hampshire for a few weeks to do some business for Will about some sheep . |
| 2 | Thought we might go down to Grafton for the Old Boys ’ match against the first XI . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He was probably always nipping down to Underwoods for a few grams of thallium . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ There was nothing confidential about it : it was a bright idea some Americans had for setting up training courses — that sort of thing — for their businessmen and other people coming over to Britain for the first time . |
| 7 | It 's like asking Gadhafi over to Washington for a cosy chat . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | DARLINGTON Sixth Form student Paul Walker is off to Japan for a two week all-expenses paid trip . |
| 10 | WE 'RE off to Paris for the richest race in Europe , the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday October 4 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | It seems they are then off to Birmingham for a Dire Straits concert . |
| 14 | In the dark old days rugby tours never went further than the west country or Wales … but times are changing fast as the sport gets more professional … you have to think big time now to win matches and survive in the first division … that 's why Gloucester 's new full-time director Barrie Corless and coach Keith Richardson took the players off to Italy for a two match tour |
| 15 | Another local family off to Aintree for the big day are the Lees from Byton in Herefordshire . |
| 16 | Oh , and I 'm thinking of going up to London for the best part of next week . " |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | However , I understand that , the other day , an English acrobat 's son came up to Scotland for a few hours and said that the whole thing was non-negotiable . |
| 19 | Yeah , you could pop up to Scotland for a few days . |
| 20 | Thus when they flew up to Balmoral for the first time after his birth , the entire family travelled together , despite the merchants of doom who insisted they should never fly together in the same plane lest it crash and kill both heir and second-in-line to the throne . |
| 21 | ‘ I remember coming up to Middlesbrough for the final game with Oxford , which Boro won 4–0 , ’ he recalled . |
| 22 | As the monk studied God 's Word he would frequently find his heart lifting itself up to God for a few brief but intense moments . |
| 23 | The Kawasakis of Alan Irwin , Ian Simpson and Jim Moodie must also come into the equation , together with the Yamahas of Rymer , Johnny Rea and Alan Patterson , who is making the step up to Superbike for the first time . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | By the time the Scandinavian countries invited Britain back to Stockholm for the 1982 Conference on Acidification , the sums had been done for exchange of acid pollution between Europe 's nations , showing Britain to be the biggest producer and exporter of sulphur pollution in Western Europe . |
| 27 | The ride itself was reasonably uneventful , a marvellous tailwind pushing us all the way to Royston for the first seventy miles , then pushing us back to Royston for the next hundred miles . |
| 28 | Welcome back : In a few minutes , back to Fairford for the oldest AND some of the most up-to-date flying machines on display at the weekend . |
| 29 | After Douglas 's death in battle with the Moors in Spain , the embalmed heart was brought back to Scotland for a final resting-place in Melrose abbey . |
| 30 | Jacobsen flew back to Washington for the ritual photocall with the president at the White House on 7 November and when reporters asked Reagan about the arms deal story the president said it had ‘ no foundation ’ . |