Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] the [adj] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was still my task to fight for the present , although that task was becoming less appropriate daily , and to maintain the status quo which I had made for myself , and which was the only place where I belonged . |
| 2 | Kate told herself as the Porsche leapt forward as if pleased to be released from this rather unfashionable and cheap part of London which was the only place she could afford to live in a small flat by herself . |
| 3 | Well he does n't bother to mention that the king also had an official welcome at Carfax , which was the normal place , what was known as the Penniless Bench , which was at the end of St Martin 's Church , only the of that remains at the moment , now , erm and then was presented with the traditional gift of gloves by the mayor , and the not very generous sum of £520 , and just about the same time , Alderman Nixon and 12 others who agreed with him disappeared smartly from Oxford , and were n't to be seen for the rest of the war . |
| 4 | but Asda there was the last place to have , we got er two dozen box from |
| 5 | But at home there was the secure place in the family business and , important among the priorities of a 22-year-old , the dreamy days on the Belfast Lough with the Royal Ulster Y.C. , or the lazy days on the Royal Belfast G.C. fairways . |
| 6 | Geneva was the centre of the terrorist trade , it was the one place where Duncan would find out if there had been any international involvement in the kidnap . |
| 7 | It was the first place I was refused accommodation . |
| 8 | It was the first place he had come to in his own right , with something to give . |
| 9 | This was going to cause more problems than she 'd thought , but it was the first place to try . |
| 10 | But it was the first place they 'd owned together , after years of managing hotels for other people . ’ |
| 11 | I 've got one in Battle on Tudor Battle , all about the dissolution of Battle Abbey and erm what happened to the town afterwards ; one on Elizabethan Rye , which is erm was notable because it was the largest place in Sussex at the time , a very important port , a lot of trade for London went through Rye , and there 's a lot of stuff relating to piracy and erm warfare . |
| 12 | I 've got one in Battle on Tudor Battle , all about the dissolution of Battle Abbey and erm what happened to the town afterwards , one on Elizabethan Rye , which is erm was notable because it was the largest place in Sussex at the time , very important port , lot of trade for London went to Rye , and there 's a lot of stuff relating to piracy and erm warfare . |
| 13 | Children would normally go to London when they ran away from home , because they thought it was the best place to go to get a job , and where they could sleep easily . |
| 14 | It was the perfect place for what she had in mind , several hundred yards downhill from the house and screened by tall shrubs . |
| 15 | ‘ We are complete Disney fans , so it was the perfect place , ’ said Robbie . |
| 16 | It was the perfect place to learn the ambassadorial trade . |
| 17 | I can not imagine why we chose this post-prandial pleasure , except that it was the only place available as a change from the B.P. cafeteria . |
| 18 | It was the only place in the Forest where you could sit down carelessly , without getting up again almost at once and looking for somewhere else . |
| 19 | It was the only place to punch . |
| 20 | I did n't really know them — I 'd been too shy to make friends with them , although I was interested in their work — but it was the only place I could think of . |
| 21 | It was the only place like it in Kingston . ’ |
| 22 | Hans and he had spent the last winter in Nice and it was the only place he wanted to avoid ; the memories were still too painful . |
| 23 | We all tried to flee , rushing towards the Cathedral as it was the only place to go . |
| 24 | It was the only place he could go . |
| 25 | At the time I had no other reason to come home , but when I heard my mother only had a short time left it was the only place I wanted to be . ’ |
| 26 | My father — who could n't have been described as a saint by anyone — worked on the docks by day , lived in the pub at night and came home in the early morning because it was the only place he could fall asleep without being disturbed . |
| 27 | W. S. Great Homer Street — it was the busiest place in the country . |
| 28 | I think it was the weirdest place I have ever seen . |
| 29 | It was the last place in the world she would ever have chosen for a tryst , as she would tell him when he turned up . |
| 30 | No , it was n't the first time , but remembering what had happened previously , how he had kissed her and , worst of all , how she had responded , she knew it was the last place she would have chosen when she needed to keep a clear head ! |