Example sentences of "to [pron] [noun sg] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thanks , ’ Paul replied stiffly , ‘ but I was planning to take Luce to my hotel for a meal . |
| 2 | to come to my home for a holiday and a rest … |
| 3 | First we go to my villa for a drink and a siesta . ’ |
| 4 | And the final item : I move that we all adjourn to my sitting-room for a glass of sherry . ’ |
| 5 | One of my friends was at Sherborne and speaks very posh — I took him back to my place for a drink one day and my dad was going , ‘ Dennis , listen to Tim , listen — go on , talk , say something ’ and my friend says , ‘ Well I do n't know what to say really , Mr Waterman , ’ and my dad says to me , ‘ Why do n't you talk like that , you could make a fortune . ’ |
| 6 | If not , come back to my place for a drink . |
| 7 | ‘ How about we go to my car for a while ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Would you care to come round to my house for a cup of tea ? |
| 9 | Erm , I would like to close by saying that erm I just thought it would be just a nice idea that I would invite any of you members of the Council and wives who have n't got anything else to do on Christmas morning , if you fancy popping up to my house for a glass of sherry or whatever , just on a casual basis as a little thank you for what you 've done over the erm over the last twelve months , I extend that invitation to you all and District Councillors if they wish to come and I would like to say , on behalf of the Council , that I hope you all have a , this is the last full meeting , and to everybody here I hope you have a very nice happy peaceful Christmas and I hope we all go into the new year with renewed vigour . |
| 10 | In order to determine the relative affinity of HIV-1 NCp7 for RNA , double and single stranded DNA and tRNA , competition assays were performed relative to its affinity for a DNA fragment corresponding to the LTR ( ds LTR ) . |
| 11 | A boss who was expecting a quiet birthday with his family at home was taken completely by surprise when his highly desirable secretary invited him back to her home for a drink after work . |
| 12 | He thought it unlikely she would be influenced by the disappointment he had dealt to her plan for a play about the Wall . |
| 13 | ‘ One lady invited us to go to her cottage for a holiday . |
| 14 | While Diana looked to her husband for a lead and guidance , the way the press and public reacted to the royal couple merely served to drive a wedge between them . |
| 15 | She 'd thought about going back to her room for a while , maybe find out from Josie what she 'd been caught up in the night before , but it would take her more than half an hour to walk . |
| 16 | As she reached to her bag for a cigarette , she realised that Linda was watching her curiously . |
| 17 | She applied to her employer for a redundancy payment but was refused because of lack of funds . |
| 18 | As there is no possibility of any Government in the Community , certainly no British Government and certainly no Labour Government , not referring to their Parliament for a mandate before taking a step into entering monetary union , the opt-out clause simply codifies what will happen in any case , I believe , in every single one of the European Community democracies . |
| 19 | Erm the County Council 's phrase , an ability to link into the rail network , was geared originally to their proposal for a settlement of between eight hundred and a thousand dwellings . |
| 20 | Posts which can not be filled should be considered as to their suitability for a job-sharing arrangement . |
| 21 | ‘ Then we got ourselves into a winning position only for carelessness to force us to go back to their place for a replay . ’ |
| 22 | Then Finn had come up , grim , silent and dripping blood , wordlessly shown her the dreadful cut and gone upstairs to his sister for a bandage . |
| 23 | And he felt the strange eagle in the cage next to his waiting for a reply to her question about where he had come from . |
| 24 | A BOSS yesterday admitted making sexist remarks to his secretary for a laugh . |
| 25 | Did he surrender , walking in the summer with Kee and the child , to his craving for a wife and family , to such an extent that an invented relationship became true — only to collapse , tipping him into shock when she abandoned him with her ‘ No , never never ’ ? |
| 26 | She acquiesced , agreeing to his plan for a meeting with Joan in the palace rose-garden . |
| 27 | ( Abberley puts his hand to his head for a second . ) |
| 28 | Himself an illegitimate son of Mary 's father , James V , and a collaborator in the murder of Darnley , Moray held on to his captive for a time in that Loch Leven castle where the queen had also been imprisoned . |
| 29 | Throughout the autumn and winter he suffered from feverish colds and attacks of bronchitis , and was often forced to take to his bed for a week or fortnight at a time . |
| 30 | In December , while in the last stages of composition , he stayed at home because of the London fog , and at the beginning of the new year he took to his bed for a week with a slight chill . |