Example sentences of "to [noun prp] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Francis who gave Cantona his foothold in English football by bringing him to Sheffield for a one-week trial last January . |
| 2 | After chatting to Davidson for a few minutes longer , he went back to his office . |
| 3 | Now you have told me that sixteen years ago you retired to Sussex for a quiet life . |
| 4 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
| 5 | Effectively he was immersed in Albanian politics , although in February 1921 , at the request of Sir Basil Thomson [ q.v. ] of Scotland Yard 's Special Branch , he travelled to Germany for a secret meeting with Talaat , the Turk generally held responsible for the post-war Armenian massacres . |
| 6 | Extend your stay and travel , by air , to Cairo , for a 3 night stay , before returning to Luxor for a final 4 nights to unwind . |
| 7 | In January 1936 Edward went to Windsor for a few weeks . |
| 8 | When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days . |
| 9 | Bringing baby Bogdan Ursu to Middlesbrough for a vital operation grabbed the headlines , but Rod has developed an affection for all the children he has helped on his trips . |
| 10 | It 's flying 500 value-added resellers to Seattle for a three-day course provided they promise to train 50 more . |
| 11 | I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight . |
| 12 | Following their highly successful tour in the Humberside region earlier in the year , Beverley Early Music Festival is delighted to welcome Lucie and Roddy back to Beverley for a zany and amusing look at the history of music — for children aged 5 to 80 . |
| 13 | 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 ! |
| 14 | The campus boasts superb facilities , including indoor courts , and last winter the youngster travelled to Spain for an intensive training camp . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Before the 1965 Immigration Act , Mirpuri and Bengali families would send their sons to England for a few months or a few years at a time . |
| 17 | In or after 1147 Andrew returned to England for a few troubled years as the first abbot of Wigmore , a daughter house of St Victor in Herefordshire . |
| 18 | When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment . |
| 19 | Orphan Bogdan Ursu , ( above ) brought to England for a vital operation by Middlesbroughbased Convoy Aid Romania , will join the NSPCC 's Jail and Bail appeal . |
| 20 | It was agreed that as the European War was over I should take my family back to England for a short period of leave . |
| 21 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
| 22 | He returned to England for a short holiday in May 1929 . |
| 23 | Marshal Shaposhnikov said Russia 's foreign minister would be asked to open talks with the Ukrainian leadership on handing over a segment of the 300-ship fleet to Ukraine for a national coastal defence force . |
| 24 | Marshal Shaposhnikov said Russia 's Foreign Minister would be asked to open talks with the Ukrainian leadership on handing over a segment of the 300-ship fleet to Ukraine for a national coastal defence force . |
| 25 | Marshal Shaposhnikov said Russia 's Foreign Minister would be asked to open talks with the Ukrainian leadership on handing over part of the 300-ship fleet to Ukraine for a coastal defence force . |
| 26 | Subsequent financial woes — he had quit his job as a broker to work on a show for the Boone gallery — sent Koons back to Pennsylvania , where he lived with his parents for several months before heading to Florida for a political campaign job that brought him enough money to return to New York . |
| 27 | One such company took a finance director of a subsidiary out of the business for a whole year , sent him to Harvard for an abbreviated MBA and to work for a merchant bank in the City . |
| 28 | Each year the goddess Hathor came upriver from Dendera to Edfu for a conjugal visit with Horus . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |