Example sentences of "[verb] for the place " in BNC.
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| 1 | NIREX will opt for the place where they are least likely to meet opposition . |
| 2 | He entered the maze of streets and alleyways below Piazza Amedeo , looking for the place where he had seen the little beggar girl with the bandaged leg . |
| 3 | It buys weapons while Iraqi arms purchases are embargoed , and while UN inspectors prowl the Iraqi desert destroying chemical weapons and looking for the places where Mr Hussein may still be trying to build nuclear ones . |
| 4 | Take the words used for the place for eliminating : bathroom , convenience , lavatory , loo , toilet , water closet ( WC ) . |
| 5 | Yet the DSS was paying for the place and she could have shopped around if she had been provided with the help to do this . |
| 6 | In fact he was waiting for the place , its calm and its unconcern , to make him feel better . |
| 7 | No one else cared for the place . |
| 8 | Rutherford was muttering something about a by-pass always changing a country community , as if he felt the need to apologise for the place . |
| 9 | ‘ I feel for the place , ’ he says , ‘ and they need someone here to look after it . ’ |
| 10 | If a coherent theory of literacy is to be developed , it will have to account for the place of written language , both in relation to the forms of spoken language and also in relation to the communicative functions served by different types of language in different social settings . |
| 11 | The warmth of feeling many Garden visitors have for the place is greatly cherished by those of us who work in it , and we deeply appreciate the feelings of all who wish to be associated with our activities . |
| 12 | ‘ It will be easier if you sit down , ’ she suggested , gently feeling for the place where the arrow protruded . |
| 13 | Possibly world war III was brewing up in Nicaragua — he mentioned that to North , though North doubted it , thought the Russians would never fight for the place — and here was he , O'Boyle , being told about the innermost strategic details . |