Example sentences of "place [pron] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pluralizing nature of texts as varied as Robbe-Grillet 's Le Miroir qui revient and La Maison de Rendez-vous , Claude Simon 's Triptyque and Les Géorgiques , Pinget 's L'Apocryphe and Sarraute 's Enfance places them firmly within the postmodernist camp . |
| 2 | Between the subtle observations of the period of about 270–240 B.C. and the adulation of poems like that by Melinno — which , though undated , places itself naturally in the early second century — we have to recognize a gap . |
| 3 | It was in his adopted position of right-back that Paul gained two England Under 21 caps and he is one of only a handful of players who have appeared for the Palace in ten post-war seasons , while his 319 games for the club place him firmly in the top five all-time appearances for us . |
| 4 | He left a Will which places him firmly in the central Anglican tradition : |
| 5 | The victim-to-be purchases , or is given , the W.N.B. and places it unsuspectingly in the top pocket of his or her jacket , with the humorous head protruding . |
| 6 | In 1168 Geoffrey stood on the threshold of a long and turbulent career which was to earn him a great reputation as a knight both in Europe and on crusade and to help lift his dynasty out of the ranks of the barons of Poitou and place it firmly among the leading princes of Christendom . |
| 7 | Among the most important pieces raised over the summer were two heads , one bearded and probably dating to the fourth century BC , the other with hellenistic features that place it either in the second century BC as a Greek original or several centuries later as a Roman copy . |
| 8 | For Christians , it is a grave mistake to confuse God with our inner desires , even if God placed them there in the first place . |
| 9 | John took the empty cups down below and placed them quietly in the small sink . |
| 10 | With both hands she pulled her right foot out from under her left thigh and placed it flat on the green carpet as a dancer will consciously reorganize his body . |
| 11 | Alone at his desk in the library , Henry Agnew put down his pen , blotted the page and placed it neatly atop the growing stack of paper at his side . |
| 12 | The Cambridge local examinations had only just been opened to girls and her performance in mathematics placed her alone in the first class . |
| 13 | The absence of noise placed it happily in the private sector . |
| 14 | The French troops in Saudi Arabia moved up to Hafar al-Batin , some 100 km from the Kuwaiti border , placing them effectively in the front line . |
| 15 | He carried him easily , placing him gently on the front seat of his car . |
| 16 | Leonora collected the steaming mug and went into the study , placing it carefully on the only unoccupied space on the desk . |