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 | Now you have told me that sixteen years ago you retired to Sussex for a quiet life . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It 's flying 500 value-added resellers to Seattle for a three-day course provided they promise to train 50 more . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was agreed that as the European War was over I should take my family back to England for a short period of leave . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | He returned to England for a short holiday in May 1929 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Each year the goddess Hathor came upriver from Dendera to Edfu for a conjugal visit with Horus . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It 's like asking Gadhafi over to Washington for a cosy chat . ’ |
| 21 | On 16 March , Coleman was summoned to Washington for a final briefing and to complete his Thomas Leavy documentation . |
| 22 | Mr Takeshita flew to Washington for a heart-to-heart chat with President Bush . |
| 23 | After two years national service he returned to Newark for a short period before moving to Peterborough in 1952 . |
| 24 | The Newcastle boss also revealed why he sold goal machine Mick Quinn to Coventry for a cut-price £250,000 and that he had received mail questioning his decision to sell . |
| 25 | He worked at Underwood Pit when they were came to this district and then they came into the Newthorpe Common district and er and then er we moved from Newthorpe Common and he went to Williamthorpe for a short while , only from erm probably eighteen months to two years , that 's as much as did there . |
| 26 | If you are a student you can subscribe to NSS for a massive discount on the normal price . |
| 27 | Pietro Petraroia , soprintendente of the Brera , has arranged for the painting to be temporarily transferred to Milan for a detailed technical and stylistic comparison to be undertaken . |
| 28 | Congratulations to Usborne for a marvellous PR job for the computing industry and for the educational and fun use of the micro . |
| 29 | Congratulations to NCCS for a minor piece of linguistic accuracy and here 's hoping others will follow suit . |
| 30 | They then drove north to Alexandria for a final briefing at Eighth Army Headquarters , with the Germans only forty miles away . |