Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pos pn] [adj] place [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The Premier League got off to a wonderful start as far as its detractors were concerned when Arsenal lost 4-2 at home to Norwich , a side still stubbornly refusing to go back to what is considered their rightful place near the bottom of the League .
2 Overseas exploration and colonial settlement opened up vistas of fabulous riches ; the existence of the barbarians could no longer just be taken for granted ; they had to be fitted in and given their proper place in the ordinary man 's picture of world geography .
3 This point is stressed by Professor Helmut Koester of Harvard University Divinity School , who argues that in the ‘ … vast treasure of non-canonical gospel literature there are at least some writings which have not found their rightful place in the history of this literary genre ’ .
4 Roberto Policano , sent off during the away leg , is suspended but Torino have hit a patch of impressive form which has consolidated their fourth place in the fiercely-competitive Italian league .
5 Gilford has 208,476.57 points and has consolidated his sixth place in the Cup table while Richardson , who finished sixth yesterday on 273 , has jumped from 13th to seventh with 184,746.41 points .
6 The University guarantees a place in University Halls , Student Houses or flats to all new first year undergraduates who live outwith the boundary of the City of Edinburgh , provided that their application form has reached the Student Accommodation Service by 1st September and that UCAS has confirmed their academic place at the University of Edinburgh as UF by the same date .
7 The championship leaders have contacted Wigan chairman Jack Robinson about the £120,000tagged Myers , who has lost his senior place since the arrival of Martin Offiah .
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