Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] to [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I go to Maui for the day , I 'm scared I might miss my chance . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And so I went to sea for the second time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It sounds strange but at Easter I went to Paris for the weekend . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | With this in mind I travelled to Woburn for the Superstars ' Celebrity Challenge . |
| 9 | Coaches will be waiting to transfer you direct to Longchamp for the racing . |
| 10 | ‘ You went to Paris for the funeral , did n't you ? ’ |
| 11 | In 1920 she went to Moscow for the second congress of the Third International . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | We apologise to customers for the cancellation of breakfast owing to : repair work in the kitchen , staff shortages , a fatality in the cold room , the non-arrival of deliveries . |
| 15 | It began in April 1820 , when we came to Haworth for the first time … |
| 16 | Moving on to structures , and we look to France for the offer of all year round tennis from the makers of the polygonal , aluminium/fabric system , Walu Structures . |
| 17 | A word-processing and DTP package is urgently needed and we appeal to SNH for the maximum 60% grant to help us acquire it . |
| 18 | Should we go to Corfu for the summer or to the house on Mustique ? |
| 19 | We went to Ireland for the summer and our visit there was great fun ; Brian and I drove about in a donkey-cart , fished for eels , and shot rabbits with a 410 . |
| 20 | Which horse was it you backed let's see how it faired as we cross to Stanton for the big race |
| 21 | Instead they send to Shiloh for the ark . |
| 22 | He would be back in the first week of July and at home all month until they went to Scotland for the opening of the grouse shooting season on the twelfth . |
| 23 | Someone who had worked closely with Ian Paisley in the 1950s claimed that he had once joked that the only way they would get anywhere would be if they went to gaol for the Protestant cause . |
| 24 | Even if they return to work for the same firm when their children go to school their seniority is lost . |
| 25 | It is not practical for her to travel to Alton for the hearing of her case , and I believe that genuine hardship is going to result . ’ |
| 26 | Then he moved to Bordeaux for the winter , before returning to Orléans and Paris . |
| 27 | Before 1869 , there was no Institution in England and Wales ( nor for that matter , in Scotland ) where deaf children of Roman Catholics could be educated in their own faith , and when a Belgian priest , Monsignore de Haerne , a deputy in the Belgian Senate , learnt of this , he came to Britain for the purpose of establishing one . |
| 28 | It was much the same when it came to doctors for the people . |
| 29 | It turned to federalism for the solution ; a solution in keeping with its history . |
| 30 | But his attitude was positive as he returned to Obergurgl for the first time in years for our jaunt . |