Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] place " in BNC.
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1 | Who knows what the exact situation will be and what problems will arise as those changes are forced upon the Scottish people who did not want them in the first place ? |
2 | David does n't want them in the first place and he wo n't argue , I 've discussed it with Robin he wo n't argue , erm Richard who 's the only one that could really be regarded as a loser dare n't argue 'cos it 's his report that recommends we they come back to us , and John wo n't understand the item so I think we 're alright there . |
3 | Shuffling all those bodies about to get it all nice and tidy , I think would not only be an enormous exercise , it would be a waste of time , because people do n't stay fixed in aspic once you 've placed them in the right place ; they change , they progress , they regress or whatever . |
4 | you probably got them from the same place . |
5 | What cases like these show is not just that reform measures are often ineffectual , it is that — as with word meanings — their reception and transmission can not be controlled by the people , in this case the feminists , who proposed them in the first place . |
6 | We all like ‘ to do right ’ by our horses and this often involves the over-feeding of supplements , either because the horse does n't need them in the first place or because we tend to think ‘ a little bit extra will do him even more good ’ . |
7 | If schemas are widely held , it should usually be obvious to the manager what they are — especially , of course , if he or she aimed to establish them in the first place . |
8 | These jobs are usually seen as benefits , certainly by the workers who flock to take them up , and by the governments that have established incentive programmes to attract them in the first place . |
9 | Listening to tapes of bird calls will help you identify unseen birds too and help direct you to the best place to stand and look for them . |
10 | So he went to the commanding officer at Binbrook ( who was the one who had recommended him in the first place ) , and said — no thanks , I want to get out . |
11 | Marina had that fabulous Gauloise and gin thee-ay-tah voice : which is why Jay had got to know her in the first place . |
12 | A change to teaching English to Italian children brought worse problems with ‘ il Signor Conte ’ , and a period married to a sisal farmer in Portuguese East Africa found her in the worst place on God 's earth . |
13 | Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble . |
14 | And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) ! |
15 | ‘ Why did you agree to meet her in the first place ? ’ |
16 | You have to catch it on a certain place |
17 | I see , I mean it 's good to see really that er test match has been dom well almost dominated at the moment , by , by a slow bowler , it 's an ideal situation for in England , batsmen done their job , England are in command , got lots of runs to play with , but it 's definitely the left arm spinner who 's causing the , the greatest problem out there , he 's , he 's landing it in the right place , he likes variation in that over , confident enough looks very tempted , always very difficult to come in at first twenty minutes as a batsman , when you 've come in on a turning wicket , a very , very , difficult . |
18 | It was 'ard enough gettin' it in the first place . |
19 | He could quite easily accomplish it in a public place of that sort because everyone 's attention is drawn away from the area where you were sitting . |
20 | Yes , his pulse does race , but mostly , he says , ‘ with admiration for the medieval masons and carpenters who built it in the first place ’ . |
21 | Yeah if you have to moan about that you should n't be driving it in the first place . |
22 | Often it was relatives or friends of us permanents , who used it as a temporary place to stay on arrival until they found bedsits or whatever . |
23 | In R v Mehmed [ 1963 ] Crim LR 780 where the accused had an air pistol which he produced in another 's private house , it would be reasonable to assume that he must have carried it in a public place to get it there or to take it away . |
24 | I found it in an unexpected place . |
25 | The fact that you were weak enough to choose them in the first place is another thing altogether , ’ she finished triumphantly . |
26 | As Hill ( 1983 , p. 124 ) observes , the ‘ attacks on Quangos have obscured , rather than illuminated , the serious issue of how ministerial patronage might be replaced by alternative selection procedures , and how these bodies might be made more accountable , without losing that very semi-independence which was a major reason for establishing them in the first place ’ . |
27 | the best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
28 | ‘ The best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
29 | As mentioned earlier , it is possible to treat certain phobias ( although not all ) by hypnosis without ever having to discover what caused them in the first place , and for some patients this is all they require . |
30 | Their habits have probably always been similar , and if survival is to be taken as a measure of success , their conservative way of life has ensured them of a leading place in the evolutionary marathon . |