Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adj] place " in BNC.
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1 | These are the things that make us afraid , and we build ourselves secure places so as that we ca n't or do n't have any need to be afraid . |
2 | Eleven o'clock , there were n't restrictions then on , they could keep open as long as they liked , no restrictions on , on time , and er as I say their own place you know it really it was picturesque , I thought in since erm I contacted you I 've been thinking how , what I could help with and er what I could still think about , and er it was really a sight because to walk and it always used to be crowded , well it was one of the best markets round here and er people used to go off and from Bloxwich and er although there 's a good market at Walsall there was n't a Bloxwich market then sadly for years and years , but erm and then if you went to Wolverhampton you got to walk through Windsfield you got to er walk everywhere you went then and except on a Saturday night when the wagonettes used to run on a Saturday but it was amazing to see the girl behind the range now controlling |
3 | Hold your bloomin' place , you bucket of Hell 's slops , you Chinese runner 's nark , I 'll … ’ |
4 | Sandra , but she preferred Sandy , told us that she 'd worked at the Exhilarator for five months but was just biding her time before she could move away from her mother and get her own place in London . |
5 | The , I tell you that place that they had in Street used to ins insert the sponges . |
6 | You know what other place is like . |
7 | We must plan the emotive path of the whole work so that tranquil periods and emotive peaks find their right places . |
8 | This was to assist the layers of the king 's soul to break free and find their proper places , so as not to encumber his final space-flight . |
9 | You can see the way all fish behave cautiously , flitting from the cover of one rock or depression to the next and note their holding places . |
10 | On this path we have seen the rise of the congress of South African trade unions and the African National Congress , to positions where they claim their rightful places in the future democratic , non-racist , non-sexist South Africa . |
11 | Think which public places — restaurants in particular — have made you feel comfortable and at ease . |
12 | Move it four places . |
13 | My right hand went instinctively to my sword , thus to force a way through the crowd and take my rightful place . |
14 | They were trying to wear him down , but they would fail ; he would find the Key , he would find the Way Out and escape from this joke , this awful solitary confinement for Heroes ; he would leave them all behind and take his rightful place in the greater reality again . |
15 | ‘ Of course , when I 'm grown up and have my own place , you know , my cottage , I could ask you there , ’ Eve said earnestly . |
16 | Romanesque capitals , in particular , abound with terrifying monsters devouring hapless victims — animal and human — and the different animals : lions , dragons , oxen , etc. , all have their appointed place and meaning in this mythology and language . |
17 | These problems are in the nation 's very own back yard ; theme parks , tourist accommodation , recreation , housing all have their rightful place . |
18 | But unfortunately , again , we 're goi , going back history-wise , the civils and the mechanicals and electricals , and you 've only got ta go to London and see what palatial places they got just virtually adjacent to the Houses of Parliament you 'll find mechanical engineers , and also the civil engineers in Bird Cage Walk . |
19 | A Unionist past of failure and frustration from the doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country and tell us we could not survive without London ; or an independent future of hope , vision and self respect , as Scots regain our rightful place as equal partners in the European family of nations . ’ |