Example sentences of "[to-vb] the place " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They sell me my flat , then decide to demolish the place , ’ Mr McKenna said yesterday . |
| 2 | This is why Jesus came , as the God-man , to redeem the evil of the man-God , who wanted to usurp the place of God in creation . |
| 3 | It occurred to him that he had not worn his best clothes for many weeks ; not since that confusing afternoon when some of Buddie 's friends had rushed through the house carrying boxes , cases and sacks that must not be discovered when the police came to search the place . |
| 4 | The adventurers will only be able to search the place if they destroy Stanislav , who will protect his work-place to the bitter end . |
| 5 | She knew Doyle would do his best to protect her but what if they decided to search the place anyway ? |
| 6 | He knew what he 'd find in the wardrobe upstairs if he ever had to search the place . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been wondering — trying to see the place from your point of view . |
| 8 | Betty came to the rectory on Wednesdays , when the Reverend Morey was in London , and on Saturdays to see the place was clean for the sabbath . |
| 9 | Elizabeth 's older brother , Richard , 34 , had come from Somerset to see the place where his ‘ little sister ’ died — and to join in a defiant swim from the murder beach . |
| 10 | But he had been there with Montaine and he could n't bear to see the place again — not then . |
| 11 | I wanted to see the place where William had died . |
| 12 | It was easy to see the place was cool , thought Miles , there was always a copy of The Naked Lunch on the table . |
| 13 | We wanted to see the place where we thought the 20th century had begun . |
| 14 | I went to association and came in with me to see the place and to meet the outgoing director and the nice part time secretary . |
| 15 | We quickly integrated into the schools and grew to like the place |
| 16 | Marc had invited her to treat the place like home — she smiled wryly at the thought — but if that was too much to expect she could at least explore . |
| 17 | She walked through the Bacon room again , avoiding the central figure , deciding to try the place with the barrels . |
| 18 | The difficulty factors noted covered both the general size of the number concerned and , more importantly , the need to put in spacing zeros to establish the place value of a digit . |
| 19 | ‘ An important task … is to establish the place of damaging events within the overall context of man 's ecology . |
| 20 | The crowd then proceeded to pull the place apart . |
| 21 | The only truly satisfactory solution would be to pull the place down and start again . |
| 22 | An ensign , however , might find the next step a little harder , while command of a company was rarely to be had without the ability to purchase the commission of a holder of a captaincy or very strong political interest to secure the place in an expanding army in a new battalion . |
| 23 | So I spent a long time trying to hide the place . |
| 24 | — What did you have to smash the place up for , eh ? |
| 25 | Finding a seat to the back of the church I took a prayer book , and kneeling down began to find the place . |
| 26 | Retracing my steps , I realized with a shock that I was no more able to find my way back to the village than I 'd been able to find the place we 'd been raking . |
| 27 | Visitors who knew the village in the past are surprised to find the place little changed . |
| 28 | They seemed to find the place as fascinating as we did , luckily . |
| 29 | A side road turns off to Achmelvich , renowned for its rocky coast and excellent sandy beaches , but on a recent visit I was disappointed to find the place robbed of its appeal by a tight concentration of caravans . |
| 30 | The prospect of a hot lunch at the Cluanie Inn kept me going , but on arrival there , after ten miles of misery , I was dismayed to find the place closed and nobody in sight . |