Example sentences of "to [noun prp] for a " 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 | In October 1981 , I went to Moscow for a conference on quantum gravity . |
| 3 | After chatting to Davidson for a few minutes longer , he went back to his office . |
| 4 | Avery sat to Minton for a couple of portraits and for a period saw him about once a fortnight . |
| 5 | Imagine going all the way to Inverness for a pint of milk … |
| 6 | On that afternoon of Tuesday , 31 August , McQueen 's daughter served them tea ; she wore a print linen dress , and had been to Inverness for a year 's education in reading , writing , sewing , knotting , lace- and pastry-making . |
| 7 | Late abed in a sumptuous local B&B , then Martin is off at 6am , to drive to Inverness for a flight to Heathrow . |
| 8 | I did n't go to Lourdes for a miracle but Lourdes makes me appreciate each day and thank God for Zoe . |
| 9 | She announced , to my dismay , that she was coming to Salamanca for a week or so . |
| 10 | ‘ Which is perhaps why you can come to Czechoslovakia for a holiday alone , a working holiday , ’ he qualified with some charm . |
| 11 | Now you have told me that sixteen years ago you retired to Sussex for a quiet life . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I remember in June going to Brighton for a meeting of the National Association of Health Authorities . |
| 14 | He was to go to Brighton for a fortnight in another play , in 1950 , A Phoenix Too Frequent by Christopher Fry , whose well-wrought and ‘ difficult ’ verse dramas had so unexpectedly caught the taste of the public . |
| 15 | As well as establishing a nominated Senate and a Legislature elected by universal male suffrage , it gave the presidency to Louis-Napoleon for a period of ten years . |
| 16 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
| 17 | ‘ Britain 's influence is much weaker and countries are looking to Germany for a lead , ’ he said . |
| 18 | But we now realize the extent to which these scientists looked to France and later to Germany for a lead . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In January 1936 Edward went to Windsor for a few weeks . |
| 22 | When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days . |
| 23 | ‘ Sunday Evening : Off to Windsor for a benefit for Thames Valley Hospice . |
| 24 | Ironically , at the same time as Babes was killing himself in protest against Ceauşescu 's tyranny , the BBC ran a holiday programme detailing the pleasures of skiing around Braşov and suggesting that viewers go to Romania for a glimpse of glasnost . |
| 25 | I 'd like to take the people who did this to Romania for a month and show them how vital these supplies were . ’ |
| 26 | Upwards on 20,000 supporters are expected to flock to Limerick for a match that has evoked country-wide interest . |
| 27 | They had first met fifteen years earlier when a small cadre of SAS men , led by D'Arcy , had visited the Mont Louis Commando Training School close to Andorra for an exchange visit . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | At dawn on Friday morning a CPR freight train , travelling at high speed , had crashed into an old Model-T Ford killing , in a rather mangled mess , the entire staff of five from a Chinese restaurant who were en route to Regina for a visit with relatives . |