Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Sometimes the they make a fuss if you put them in the wrong place . |
| 5 | It is very unlikely that a solar panel would chop your hand off if you accidentally put it in the wrong place , but the 36 in ( 91cm ) span of the larger wind generators can be deadly . |
| 6 | a lot of sixteen year olds are still having trouble with decimals like that and they 're adding them in the wrong place . |
| 7 | How could you direct a team when your staff practised half a dozen different scientific disciplines , used their own methods , were responsible for their own results , stood finally alone to justify and defend them in the only place where the quality of a forensic scientist 's work could properly be judged , the witness box of a court of law ? |
| 8 | In this arcade adventure the aim is to collect the correct objects and drop them in the right place at the right time . |
| 9 | And what 's the point of a journey that seems very pleasant if it gets you to the wrong place ! |
| 10 | You told me to put it in the safe place . |
| 11 | But that line is a difficult one to draw , and some traders or lenders may inadvertently draw it in the wrong place . |
| 12 | I never get it in the right place . |
| 13 | — You get it in the wrong place , he 's had it . |
| 14 | I myself would I am sure hereafter regret not visiting this part of V. D. L. , and under all circumstances I have agreed with Lady Franklin to wait one week longer after which to return if the wind should not come round to the eastward or northeast , either of these winds would take us to the desired place in a few hours . |
| 15 | Are we gon na be able to get them into the right place ? |
| 16 | Fate had put her in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong man . |
| 17 | Fleeing the slaughter , he hid himself in Hamilton Kirk where : ‘ A number of other fugitives following him into the church were pursued by the dragoons , who , regardless of their cries for mercy , butchered them in the sacred place . ’ |
| 18 | Me , I 've tucking had it with the small place . |
| 19 | have to push it in the right place . |
| 20 | Address them to the usual place , which is known to the entire human race . |