Example sentences of "[adv prt] to [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er then er these two erm er Then when we used to when we was the young you used to be able to go down to Skeggie for a day on train for two and six . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And Simon was invited to go down to London for a chat . |
| 4 | Nick was walking in the garden with his father-in-law , a tall , lean , bald-headed Scot who had flown down to London for a couple of days and come out to see his daughter between one business appointment and another . |
| 5 | I was merely taking her down to London for a day . |
| 6 | It turned out that he had locked himself out of his room which was likely to be embarrassing as I , for one , was not about to go down to reception for a key for him . |
| 7 | He was probably always nipping down to Underwoods for a few grams of thallium . |
| 8 | I 've been invited down to Plymouth for a party at the weekend . ’ |
| 9 | Steve succeeded John Sewell as Palace 's captain , but in September 1971 he moved over to Chelsea for a fee quoted as £170,000 , as Bert Head sought funds to reshape his squad for 1st Division survival . |
| 10 | It 's like asking Gadhafi over to Washington for a cosy chat . ’ |
| 11 | No hoping to go over to Ireland for a week but not |
| 12 | Then he was dropped five games later and it became obvious to all that the goalkeeping hero of the finest days the club had ever known could not be long in going — and on 16 October 1973 he moved over to Orient for a £30,000 fee . |
| 13 | DARLINGTON Sixth Form student Paul Walker is off to Japan for a two week all-expenses paid trip . |
| 14 | Yesterday Pat and 22 pals from Britain 's friendliest street jetted off to Greece for a fortnight away from everything — except the neighbours . |
| 15 | Soon Yvonne will be packing her bags and jetting off to Greece for a holiday in the sun . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Back in Johannesburg after the war , Herbert began to practise law in partnership with one of his elder brothers , James , but later went off to Europe for a year to study law in Vienna . |
| 18 | If you can pack up and go on Tuesday August 11 , you can dash off to Spain for a week 's bed and breakfast in a two-star hotel for as little as £229 . |
| 19 | 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 ! |
| 20 | Well unfortunately my girlfriend is dragging me off to Rhodes for a week so I 'll miss the Norwich , Scouse and Oldham game . |
| 21 | It seems they are then off to Birmingham for a Dire Straits concert . |
| 22 | ‘ Sunday Evening : Off to Windsor for a benefit for Thames Valley Hospice . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | Scott , who plays surf-mad Brad Willis , recently dashed off to Bali for a surfing holiday with his pals . |
| 25 | The range consists of 17 items with prices starting from £1 for a guest soap up to £9.95 for a pair of luxury coathangers . |
| 26 | Prices start from £1.95 for a peeler up to £11.45 for a cook 's knife . |
| 27 | Early estimates for council tax bills range from a bottom level of £301 for a house worth less than £40,000 up to £903 for a house valued at more than £320,000 . |
| 28 | ‘ We 're going up to hospitality for a while . |
| 29 | I was just coming up to Scotland for a holiday . |
| 30 | On one occasion she planned to fly up to Scotland for a meeting about the children 's work . |