Example sentences of "to [noun prp] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't go to Lourdes for a miracle but Lourdes makes me appreciate each day and thank God for Zoe . |
| 2 | She announced , to my dismay , that she was coming to Salamanca for a week or so . |
| 3 | The conference over , Henry was carried back to Chinon on a litter and there , on 6 July 1189 , he died . |
| 4 | No sooner had Franz Pfeffer returned home to Germany after a stint as his country 's ambassador to France , than he was sent back again . |
| 5 | I 'd like to take the people who did this to Romania for a month and show them how vital these supplies were . ’ |
| 6 | Upwards on 20,000 supporters are expected to flock to Limerick for a match that has evoked country-wide interest . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , Wallaby skipper Michael Lynagh will set out on a remarkable 24,000 mile round trip that will take him to Brisbane for an operation and back to Wales for the final fortnight of the Australian tour . |
| 8 | I thought I 'd go back to Ireland for a bit and go to Clonmacnoise . |
| 9 | No hoping to go over to Ireland for a week but not |
| 10 | He returned to England for a visit and met Gertrude Emily Brooke , of Shaw , in Lancashire . |
| 11 | In the year 1733 Prince Rudolf of Ruritania came to England on a visit and he stayed for several months . |
| 12 | The Prime Minister goes to Maastricht without a mandate or an agenda . |
| 13 | The Scottish selectors , however , rated his prime potential value to Scotland as a prop and the genial giant is in the process of seeking to establish himself in the tighthead position . |
| 14 | Gotrek claimed that if they wished they could come to Karaz-a-Karak with an army and plead for its return . |
| 15 | ‘ And , for your information , at the moment there is n't anyone who would mind if I flew out to Sydney for a month or two . |
| 16 | ‘ They go in there to Inveraray on a bicycle and come out in a Jaguar . ’ |
| 17 | I 've been to Cockermouth in a pony and trap ! " |
| 18 | Liddell later returned to China as a teacher and missionary where he was interned by the Japanese at a camp in Weifang . |
| 19 | Incidentally readers of a more literary bent will be interested to know that the poet W B Yeats lived next door to Crapper for a spell but fails to record the fact in his memoirs . |
| 20 | The civil law applies directly only to Israel as a nation and can not be lifted out of its context , though many of the principles it embodies are still highly relevant to modern society . |
| 21 | The Imperial couple returned to Paris with a promise that their hosts would make a return visit to Paris in August . |
| 22 | Monique Javer also pulled a bad one out of the hat , and lost 6–1 , 6–0 to Fernandez with a performance that lacked any hint of a challenge . |
| 23 | Bernard 's second sister went to Corfu for a holiday and came back with holiday snaps . |
| 24 | In Asia Minor about 110 the younger Pliny , the governor of Bithynia , asked Trajan whether the profession of Christianity was in itself culpable or ‘ the vices associated with the name ’ , especially since after investigation by torture he had discovered that there were no frightful vices : the accused said their custom was to meet before dawn on a particular day to sing a hymn to Christ as a god and to take an oath ( sacramentum ) to abstain from wrongdoing . |
| 25 | Over and above this , men might vow individuals or possessions to God as a dedication or thank-offering . |
| 26 | In 1324 he wrote to the Pope complaining that he was in danger from magic and occult practices , and the Pope replied by advising him to turn to God with a whole and contrite heart . |
| 27 | At the wedding a host of best wishes were received from the other side of the world where many relatives called Jones still remembered young Carol who had gone off to Australia as a child and was now all grown up and about to get wed . |
| 28 | I will be going to Australia for a holiday and I hope we can meet up , if work allows , because she is very busy , just like me . |
| 29 | Again last week we talked about the feasibility of going to Australia for a week and the impact it would have on you after things like jetlag . |
| 30 | At this moment she looked to Joe like a witch and her voice and words sounded as ominous as any that could have been uttered by an authentic witch , as she hissed at him , ‘ I am more concerned about what happens to you than what a lot of stupid men do in their aim to kill each other . |