Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [prep] the [adj] place " in BNC.
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1 | The vital role ( which contemporaries fully appreciated ) played by such relatively small ports as Le Crotoy , at the mouth of the river Somme , in the period 1420–50 , together with the fact that the ports of Dieppe and Harfleur were among the first places to be snatched from English control in 1435 ( leaving them with Cherbourg as the only port from which they could maintain regular links with England between 1435 and 1440 , a vital period in the military history of the occupation ) , shows how important the Burgundian connection was to both main protagonists as they struggled to acquire and maintain a measure of control over the sea . |
2 | Peter and Gwenda Dixon were at the wrong place , at the wrong time . |
3 | it existed , in reality , because Ford needed something special to tempt people into their showrooms and Shelby was in the right place at the right time to provide it . |
4 | The one exception came just seconds from half-time when the defence was slow to mop up the danger when Richardson 's corner was only parried , and Alan Dowd was in the right place to equalise . |
5 | Kirkcudbright , Huntly , Eyemouth , Stirling and Edinburgh were among the many places which yielded unwanted vehicles for the collection . |
6 | Chris Fry was in the right place at the right time . |