Example sentences of "[adv prt] to [noun prp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's like asking Gadhafi over to Washington for a cosy chat . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | It seems they are then off to Birmingham for a Dire Straits concert . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was agreed that as the European War was over I should take my family back to England for a short period of leave . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But with fourteen minutes gone Derby moved the ball slickly from Forsyth to Harts and on to Paul for a measured finish . |
| 11 | 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 . |