make a party to
Example Sentences
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It was proposed at once to make a party to go and see what was the matter, and, a messmate taking my watch, I got leave to join it.
From Hurricane Hurry by Kingston, William Henry Giles
In order to divert the young gentry, Mr Merton contrived that they should make a party to see a play.
From The History of Sandford and Merton by Day, Thomas
The next day, Rollo’s father told him that they had concluded to make a party to go to the sea-shore.
From Rollo's Museum by Abbott, Jacob
The professor arrived in the early morning by the Brindisi boat, and Hermione proposed that Chrysophrasia, Paul, Cutter, and herself should make a party to go over to Stamboul on the same afternoon.
From Paul Patoff by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
It's a great point our knowing whereabouts the boy is," observed Malachi; "for if it is necessary to make a party to go for him, we know what direction to go in.
From The Settlers in Canada by Marryat, Frederick