Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | A career that spanned seven years at Oldham and four years with Hibs can now be seen only as preparation for the place where , and the time when , Goram would reach a higher plane of achievement . |
| 2 | He was stiff with disapproval at the notion of her carrying buckets of steaming hen mash about the place like any farmer 's daughter in the first place and any chance to cram her back into what he considered her proper place as a lady , he would take . |
| 3 | During the period of ‘ Palace Revolutions ’ following Peter 's death , Siberia gained in notoriety as a place of exile and confinement as a result of the increasingly frequent banishment there of the victims of a sequence of palace conspiracies and coups . |
| 4 | Bissett had only to see the wire of the Citadel 's perimeter , to see the smoke from the Citadel 's chimneys , to feel a loathing for the place . |
| 5 | His mouth twisted into a grim line as he admitted , ‘ You 've been a marvel about the place , and I appreciate it . |
| 6 | They wrote out a cheque for the place there and then and became the owners of their own pub . |
| 7 | The Downpatrick Club had a scoring average of 73 for four cards to head the Belvoir Park qualifiers and now meet Moyola Park for a place in the Ulster quarter-finals . |
| 8 | So I think there is a need to plan for a location where this new settlement is going to be successful , recognizing that failure to attract appropriate er private sector interest will mean poor quality design and social provision which will obviously detract from the new settlement as a place to live and also undermine its role in terms of the Greater York area . |
| 9 | For various reasons , therefore , he moved to Jamaica and , although he returned to Barbados many times , it was never with any great enthusiasm for the place . |
| 10 | Tamar 's enthusiasm for the place momentarily brightened up her face . |
| 11 | There have been discussions , both at education committee and at county council which relate to the district auditor 's concerns , er , county council want a full discussion of course about the place of small schools in the county , being a predominantly rural area . |
| 12 | It was funny in my day , when I first started there you used to get , mix up some size and er in a pot , in a proper pot and take it down into the mess room and put it on the stove , coal stove , heat it up and you let it boil over there was a terrific smell about the place you can imagine , the size but that 's what we used to do in those days . |
| 13 | ‘ I may not like London over much but I do know a bit about the place and one thing I know is that it 's big , bloody big . |
| 14 | All tidy and comfortable , though she would have preferred to see a little color about the place . |
| 15 | ’ Could we just think about my idea , while look for a place to get the ceptors repaired … ? ’ |
| 16 | Two goals from England striker Ian Wright , which brought his total to 26 for the season , and one from Kevin Campbell , stretched injury-troubled Arsenal 's unbeaten run to 12 games and kept the Londoners on course for a place in Europe next season . |
| 17 | They are given the opportunity to involve the local chief officer of police in their curriculum planning and they must make an explicit decision about the place of sex education in the curriculum . |
| 18 | A proper understanding of all this is long overdue , for the blend of dream and necessity for a place in Palestine will not disappear . |
| 19 | She sensed that , even in contesting her decision to make use of the Lodge , her father had found it impossible to speak his full revulsion for the place . |
| 20 | I 'll tell you a story about a place I went |
| 21 | Falati had been employed as a housekeeper at the Mandela 's old home in Soweto , the house which featured in the trial as the place to which the youths were taken . |
| 22 | His card message system gave him the freedom to go out alone and hail a taxi , showing the driver the appropriate card for the place he wanted to visit . |
| 23 | Agnelli has praised Andy Moeller , Platt 's German rival for a place in midfield , and lamented the absence there of such an all-rounder as Marco Tardelli , scorer of a memorable goal in the 1982 World Cup Final . |
| 24 | All these sights and sounds alone would have fascinated Joseph 's young mind , but the murmured talk of deities and devils beyond his imaginings coming from the grave-faced little mandarin pacing at his side established the walled city of palaces lastingly in his mind as a place of deep mystery and enchantment , and by the time Tran Van Hieu delivered him to the governor 's aide outside the Palace of Perfect Concord he was almost ready to believe he would see a live white tiger curled up contentedly with a blue dragon around the emperor 's feet . |
| 25 | Nancy Mitford worked here , Evelyn Waugh was once a regular — and there is a slight air of snobbery about the place . |
| 26 | There are even special joys for women : the pride in learning a guaranteed way to keep the boots dry which , if performed behind waist-high bush , means ‘ you can casually and with dignity intact carry on a conversation with the rest of the camp ’ ; no more of the old ‘ search for a place to hide ( God forbid anyone should know we have to pee in the first place ) . ’ |
| 27 | While I believe that this work has promoted a great deal of useful thinking about the place and function of writing in the curriculum , I am not alone in doubting the validity of the model . |
| 28 | Those who visit the church in late spring and early summer will be entranced by the swifts who have set up home in the upper reaches of the building and wheel about the place , filling the area with their raucous but comforting squealing . |
| 29 | There was a dull uniformity about the place . |
| 30 | From Catania , where they played a vital role in their country 's successful bid for a place in next year 's World Sevens finals , the two Taiwanese stars , flanker Jon Teng Sing and winger Chyan Shuonn Mae , headed for Paris to join the multi-national FIRA selection which made a four-match , two-test tour to Namibia . |