Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [vb past] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | This generally took place at Easter preceded by confession , often in public , in which the social duty of making restitution for sin was stressed ; it might be succeeded by a parish party which played out at its own level the eternal being of love celebrated in the Mass . |
| 2 | This often took place in the pub and involved thinking aloud . |
| 3 | This never took place ; successive dates were arranged , but the House had other more pressing business , and finally on 10th August the Speaker ordered the Bill to be withdrawn . |
| 4 | This never took place , and it sold to a phone bidder for $42,000 ( £23,300 ) ( est. $20–25,000 ) . |
| 5 | In so far as sexual stimulation is generally geared towards sexual intercourse , the purpose of their violent activity may well be regarded as sexual intercourse where there is evidence that this subsequently took place . |
| 6 | It would be an oversimplification to ascribe the deterioration of US-Cuban relations during 1959 and 1960 solely to cynical manoeuvrings on the part of Castro ( although these certainly took place ) or to the imperialist aggression of the United States ( although this was undoubtedly evident ) . |
| 7 | These never took place . |
| 8 | Elliptical bearing springs were first employed , but these afterwards gave place to spiral springs . |
| 9 | Perhaps the greatest fairytale of all never took place . |
| 10 | In the summer of 1306 there took place at Montreuil the first of a series of meetings ( ‘ processes ’ ) between French and English representatives to try to work out the legal position of the lands held by the English in Aquitaine . |
| 11 | In the summer months of 1435 there took place at Arras , in north-eastern France , a great congress attended by the representatives of a number of European states and the Church . |