Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] to [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I came to school for a book , but I found a musician ! ’ |
| 2 | I look to NI for an alternative view of the world . |
| 3 | And when I go to Wales for a holiday and there are Welshmen , they 're just as good as I am , some can sing so much nicer , and I 've worked with Scotsmen in engineering factories , and there 's no better engineers than Scotsmen , but they do n't necessarily call them British . |
| 4 | ‘ If I go to Maui for the day , I 'm scared I might miss my chance . ’ |
| 5 | It was a very hot and sunny day in 1987 when I went to Semerwater for the open air service , and Yorkshire 's largest natural lake was a hive of activity . |
| 6 | And so I went to sea for the second time . |
| 7 | It was then that I went to school for the first time , to a Roman Catholic convent in Ealing , not because of my parents ' religious beliefs but because it was thought to be educationally superior to any of the state-run schools in the locality . |
| 8 | I went to Ipswich for a holiday . |
| 9 | It sounds strange but at Easter I went to Paris for the weekend . |
| 10 | At the end of the fourth day , after hours of gentle massage by Miss Sowerby and myself , I went to bed for a full night 's sleep , Miss Sowerby taking over as ‘ night nurse ’ . |
| 11 | In October 1981 , I went to Moscow for a conference on quantum gravity . |
| 12 | I went to Oslo for the Bislet Games , one of the world 's top athletics meetings with the stands always packed and the crowd highly knowledgeable — a tremendous atmosphere . |
| 13 | The comic dimension of a line like ‘ Caroline and I went to Lockets for the husbands ’ and wives ' left-wing dinner' will have passed him by ; he is as earnest as he is sanctimonious . |
| 14 | With this in mind I travelled to Woburn for the Superstars ' Celebrity Challenge . |
| 15 | ‘ Last year you came to Venice for a holiday , and somehow you met my father . |
| 16 | Mrs Chalker , who is to go to the House of Lords , resumes ministerial responsibilities tomorrow when she travels to Budapest for a meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development . |
| 17 | The experience left her physically and emotionally drained and a few months later she returned to hospital for a hysterectomy . |
| 18 | Doug Robertson last saw Rabina Ali at the end of September when she flew to Karachi for a family holiday . |
| 19 | It is five months since she flew to America for a lifesaving bowel and liver transplant . |
| 20 | Coaches will be waiting to transfer you direct to Longchamp for the racing . |
| 21 | ‘ You went to Paris for the funeral , did n't you ? ’ |
| 22 | You go to daddy for a minute let me get this erm these spuds on . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She went to sleep for a respite , and when she woke up Stephen was in drafty self-possession . |
| 25 | In 1920 she went to Moscow for the second congress of the Third International . |
| 26 | Soon after joining the WSPU in 1906 she had embarked on a campaign of disruptive action which by the time she went to Epsom for the Derby had brought her numerous prison sentences for offences such as obstruction , throwing bricks , setting fire to pillar-boxes and smashing windows in the House of Commons . |
| 27 | Once a year she went to Scarborough for a week . |
| 28 | After our break-up she went to Australia for a period . |
| 29 | But what is it like to face Immigration Officers when you come to Britain for the first time , not knowing the language , uncertain about the future ? |
| 30 | Until she returns to Pittsburgh for a check-up next summer , her parents hope she can live a normal life , including starting school . |