Example sentences of "placed [pron] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was a brutal and cowardly attack on wretched creatures whose offences placed them at the bottom of the prison heap , ’ he said . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll go in front as the standard bearer , ’ said Nigel as he placed himself at the head of his patrol . |
| 3 | Acland placed himself at the head of the ‘ moral renaissance ’ , consolidating a personal following built around his best-selling books and endless public meetings into a loose organization called ‘ Forward March ’ . |
| 4 | In June 1263 , however , when Simon of Montfort [ q.v. ] resurrected the cause of the Provisions and advanced on the capital , Fitzthomas placed himself at the head of ‘ the people ’ who had taken to the streets in Montfort 's support . |
| 5 | Then , snatching a lance from one of them , he placed himself at the apex and , couching the lance , shouted to charge . |
| 6 | His commitment to the reform of secondary education was unrelenting ; his position as Archbishop placed him at the heart of the religious problem ; his alliance with Butler — for whom he was ‘ all bulge and brain ’ — eventually tamed the opposition of the Churches . |
| 7 | Finally he stood and placed it at the head of the mound . |
| 8 | She took his suitcase and placed it at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 9 | Serving and former guardsmen stood to attention as Princess Diana , dressed in black , took the wreath from two old soldiers and placed it at the foot of the memorial in Horseguards Parade . |
| 10 | Each girl lit a candle and placed it at the altar , symbolic of the light of Christ which burns throughout the world . |