noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
convent school
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
school
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We shared a room at convent school .
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She went to a different school from us, a convent school, where they had to wear uniform.
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Three years at a nice school in Vienna, not too liberated, but at the same time not a convent school.
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She was a shy, retiring girl who had been brought up in a convent school after being abandoned as a baby.
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When the time came for Annie to leave the convent school she was recommended for training in child welfare.
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This stood overgrown and decaying in the grounds of a convent school .
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In 1952 I was sent to a local convent school until I was eleven, although my adoptive parents were Protestants.
■ VERB
enter
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But my vocation might be to enter the convent here in Normandy.
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Cecilia, remaining faithful to her vow to the end, plans to enter a convent .
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According to tradition, Mattia entered the convent chapel, cut off her hair, and donned a cast-off habit.
found
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Empress Adelaide founded monasteries, convents , and donated generously to the needy.
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She founded a convent in Odilienberg.
leave
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It was the first communication she'd had with her since the day she left the convent ignominiously and in dire disgrace.
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She was forced to leave the convent because of her failing health.
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The nuns were just leaving their convent church.
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When the time came for Annie to leave the convent school she was recommended for training in child welfare.
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Sister Philippa leaves the Carmel convent in Darlington soon.
send
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Now she would be sent to a convent of the same order in Dublin where she would do a secretarial course.
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In 1952 I was sent to a local convent school until I was eleven, although my adoptive parents were Protestants.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cecilia, remaining faithful to her vow to the end, plans to enter a convent .
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Dona Mencia takes place in Madrid in two different spots: in the home of Dona Mencia and in a convent .
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Eve's room in the Dublin convent had no bedside table with a small radio on it.
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Flint-based construction company David McLean wants to convert the convent , empty since 1983, for its headquarters and offices.
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It contrasted unfavourably with the structured clarity of the convent .
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She had the gift of prophecy, performed many miracles and is known to have mysteriously supplied food for the convent .
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They had done so well that the convent put photographs of the two girls in the local paper.