Example sentences of "[pers pn] left [noun prp] for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I left Valladolid for Salamanca the next day . |
2 | In the early 1730s , he left Scotland for London to become the pupil of Hans Hysing , a Swedish portrait painter . |
3 | John had conceived the idea of staging The Soldier 's Tale even before he left Johannesburg for Cape Town . |
4 | She took over from him when he left Grampian for Strathclyde in 1978 . |
5 | Although he said he would remain active in Polish politics , he left Poland for Canada on Dec. 12 . |
6 | About 1122 he left England for Paris , at that time the goal of many young Englishmen who aimed to study the arts and theology . |
7 | But in 1749 he committed a greater indiscretion when he left Cambridge for London , to live on his wits . |
8 | Early in 1568 he left Cambridge for London , where he was reported to be a preacher and schoolmaster , attending the Italian Protestant church , and married to Anne , with one son , Isaac , and two daughters ( one perhaps called Judith ) . |
9 | Curran referred later to his ‘ Irish birth without an Irish upbringing ’ , since after three weeks he left Dublin for Aberdeen , his mother 's native home . |
10 | Just when it seemed that a try would be too much to hope for after 30 tedious minutes , the crowd were treated to two first-class efforts , from Ledger and Fox , playing his first game at Hilton Park since he left Leigh for Leeds three years ago . |
11 | When he left Williams for Ferrari , I remember Frank Williams reminiscing at his annual press luncheon that he had fond memories of Alan Jones and Keke Rosberg , but that it would be some time before he had similar memories of Nigel . |
12 | Maybe ever since he left Vera for Imogen — which was disastrous for him . |