Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Welshman Ian Woosnam would have joined them in second place but for a double bogey at the 17th for a 73 , while Scotland 's Colin Montgomerie is tucked in just behind after finishing four over par . |
| 2 | She made appointments to meet me at different places : restaurants , art galleries . |
| 3 | He can make his birds fly like an arrow — in a straight line , in single file — or can direct them to any place he likes , in any formation . |
| 4 | They won one , in South Paddington , and cost official Conservative candidates the seat in several more , often driving them into third place . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's a good thing we 've booked you into this place , ’ Michael continued . |
| 6 | Now the old problem arose again : she found herself in new places and she was more interested in exploring them thoroughly than she was in the chick , even though she was at flying weight . |
| 7 | This is reflected in Mustill LJ 's approach in Rogers v Parish ( Scarborough ) Ltd [ 1987 ] 1 QB 933 where his Lordship maintained that the purpose of buying a car was : … not merely the purpose of driving it from one place to another but of doing so with the appropriate degree of comfort , ease of handling , reliability and … pride in the vehicle 's outward and interior appearance . |
| 8 | The plants are trained up a string which is zig-zagged up and down to train it in one place . |
| 9 | Some things needed to change , but some needed to remain the same and I usually found myself in this place pulling at the forces of change as a child might pull at the reins of a runaway horse . |
| 10 | The grubs and beetles try to hide themselves in secret places where none shall see them , but nevertheless there are many which are swallowed whole in one swift plunge and gobble . |
| 11 | Many Titfords over the years , we know , have uprooted themselves from one place to go and settle elsewhere . |
| 12 | But she was also aware that no matter how she felt , her family would never allow her to relegate them to second place . |
| 13 | ‘ Martha told me about this place , but I never thought I 'd see it , ’ he said . |
| 14 | ‘ I was told , ’ said Lili , ‘ by the person who told me about this place . ’ |
| 15 | Oxford 's two-one win at home to Peterborough lifted them into sixteenth place in the First Division . |
| 16 | Gunners boss George Graham refused to get carried away with his side 's fifth successive League victory , which lifted them into third place . |
| 17 | A good showing by Lyles put them into second place on 233 points while Reyburns , one of the fancied teams , did not live up to expectations and finished third on 210 points . |
| 18 | I round up all the suitable containers in the house — china , glass and plastic , plain and coloured — and on U-day , I sneak out first and put them in strategic places all round the garden . |
| 19 | I have to track them down cos they put them in obscure places sometimes , but there are conference notice boards . |
| 20 | I had just turned sixteen and they put me in this place that was really for dossers . |
| 21 | I ca n't bear to visit you in that place . |
| 22 | In seeking to be innovative and adventurous , church musicians will need to be careful not to abandon the traditional repertoire or to relegate it to second place . |
| 23 | Do n't just pour it in one place . |
| 24 | In developing an image , you and your workers , professional or voluntary , have to swallow your pride , smile at yourselves and put yourselves in second place to getting the message across — not easy , not often said , but true ! |
| 25 | and then we started speaking to this chap and say we were looking for this place where the erm , they sell all this food and so on , what 's the name of the place , he said oh he says it 's finished , so he said you know where the er , we said er where 's somewhere good you know to , to go and have a nice sleep , and he told us about that place up the mountain where we went , where we all went the last time |
| 26 | It 's your thinking that got you into this place ! ’ |
| 27 | Francis insisted that taking Wednesday into Europe this season , after leading them to third place behind Leeds and Manchester United in April , was his career high point — despite scoring the winner in a European Cup final . |
| 28 | Got them into this place . |
| 29 | except the pills they give you in these places just to keep you quiet |
| 30 | Do you still believe anybody in that place ? |