Example sentences of "had a place " in BNC.
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| 1 | His friend Morton , who had recently been studying art and sculpture in London , mentioned his parents ' old friends , the Pullmans , who had a place in Hampstead . |
| 2 | Anthropology had a place in this scheme because for Marx it was the study of the early history of mankind . |
| 3 | Its advice was sought by all the parliamentary select committees involved in any way with the environment and it had a place on several of the government 's consultative bodies . |
| 4 | On hearing that I had a place among successful candidates I was excited with pleasure . |
| 5 | He had a look about him , like he had a place to go . |
| 6 | Soccer fans would n't mind if the job was given to a hermaphrodite , provided it had a place in the Cabinet , an important voice in decision-taking and an avowed policy to improve sport in Britain , not just soccer but across the board . |
| 7 | The selection of Bunce , who had a place in The Daily Telegraph 's World Cup team of the tournament , will cause ripples at the International Board 's meeting which ends in Wellington today . |
| 8 | I had a place to study engineering , my major in electronics . |
| 9 | A lemonade seller had a place at the kerbside further along , his polished urn reflecting the warm glow from the fire of a trader in hot chestnuts next to him . |
| 10 | The real reason was that he felt at ease ; he was no longer a figure of fun or an eyesore , he had a place — just as he did at first with Sien . |
| 11 | Millet had a place in the history of the affair , but that place was not in its present , not in its future . |
| 12 | ‘ Did n't you say Sandy had a place at Southwold in Suffolk ? |
| 13 | He listened to what I had to say about the procedure still to be gone through and hoped that they would soon hear whether Balbinder had a place . |
| 14 | In particular , an Australian , Hugh Stretton , has put together popular revulsion against high-rise living with feminist ideas about the productivity of housework , and come to the conclusion that , if housework had a place in national accounting systems , then governments would be easily persuaded on economic grounds alone to invest more in housing with generous space standards and of a suburban style ( Stretton , 1974 ) . |
| 15 | The defendant in the Protector Alarms case was a Scottish company but it had a place of business in England at which service could be effected . |
| 16 | Portia had a place at Newnham College in Cambridge . |
| 17 | But presumably he had a place to go , and he would prefer to keep that problem to himself . |
| 18 | If I had a place of my own I 'd have to bring Louisa around here . |
| 19 | You see , they never really had a place of their own . |
| 20 | And every big mansion house had a place about at least ten feet away from the house , where they had a store for holding the tins . |
| 21 | I 'm applying for the R.C.M. I had a place there if I 'd wanted it , three four years ago , but I did n't go . |
| 22 | The " Spicer Report " , based upon discussions with some 300,000 Canadians over an eight-month period following the collapse of the Meech Lake Accord , recommended ( i ) the recognition of Quebec as a unique province , but one which had a place within a federal Canada ; ( ii ) an independent review of the official policy of bilingualism ; ( iii ) the fair treatment of native land claims and the institution of self-government for aboriginal peoples ; ( iv ) a reduction of government funding of multiculturalism ; and ( v ) the reformation or abolition of the Senate ( the non-elected upper chamber of the federal legislature ) . |
| 23 | Last year I had a place bet on the winner , I could n't even tell you what it was now . |
| 24 | To that end she had a place at Norwich City College to read for a B A in hospitality management subject to achieving the right grades in her A levels and achieving O level maths or its equivalent . |
| 25 | FOR five long months , Peter Hall had a place of his own in trade-union demonology . |
| 26 | ‘ He had a place at the back of Belmodes . ’ |
| 27 | but there used to be a caravan down here , I 'm not joking the value of stuff that was in it , was unbelievable and it was so clean and every thing had a place and it was all mirrored inside , cos he liked the mirrors and , or glass work , oh it was beautiful |
| 28 | And he had a place of his own , a flat , he was on his own . |