Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] [art] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was not a word said of business until they came to table in Isambard 's great hall , where the envoy found himself in the place of honour at his host 's right hand . |
| 2 | At one level , this exhibits itself in the place that mathematics and science have come to occupy , mainly in virtue of their underpinning of technology in all its forms , including information technology and computerization . |
| 3 | The 1865 Salon did exhibit Manet 's Olympia but quickly moved it to a place that made viewing almost impossible for the public . |
| 4 | We could n't discuss anything in the place . |
| 5 | And erm you know and I had a letter then from Mr , saying that they would consider us for a place , in the flats . |
| 6 | Er could you refer me to a place where I have erm er |
| 7 | Retirement combines these two aspects of companionship , on the one hand an increasing rate of loss , and on the other , less social opportunity to replace them through the place of work . |
| 8 | It can make me feel like doubting , it can bring me to the place where I question it , but it does n't alter the fact we can be totally sured , totally certain of our salvation , because God has said it . |
| 9 | Tonight was by way of a rehearsal to familiarize himself with the place , make final arrangements , and tell the landlord sufficient of their plans to ensure that there was no unforeseen interference . |
| 10 | Miloslav Mecir , whose season has been handicapped by back trouble , assured himself of a place in the semi-finals along with Becker with a 6-2 , 6-1 victory against Austria 's Thomas Muster yesterday . |
| 11 | so they just call it E T , she said they can actually send you to a place where you can get you , your experience and er because they 've sent you , you get an extra certain amount , ten pound a week , cos you 're going through the job centre |
| 12 | He muttered something about the place being primitive . |
| 13 | And , Father , he asked — the lord sheriff asked — that I should beg you to have Brother Cadfael informed also , and when the morning comes , if you permit , I am to lead him to the place , to meet the sheriff there . |
| 14 | It was me who cut her ropes and killed the men aboard her , and it 's me who has sailed her to a place where you 'll never find her . |
| 15 | But here she was , floating on the calm blue sea , with Malta 's rocky cliffs to the north , and Africa two hundred and thirty kilometres to the south , revelling in Roman 's wry , amusing conversation , mentally relishing the folk-tales , the fictional fate of Antonio and Louisa , and revisualising the images of the luminous sponge and coral on the bed of the Blue Grotto , feeling as if someone had waved a magic wand , wafted her to a place of her heart 's desire … |
| 16 | An order may require the child to allow the supervisor to visit him at the place where he is living ( para 8(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 17 | Modern rail and motorway links have made many firms choose it as a place for their wholesale warehouses either in or around Bristol . |
| 18 | The Dents owned the very first car in Baldersdale and that created quite a stir I remember being at school when they first drove it round the place and the teacher brought us all out on to the road to have a closer look at this amazing thing . |
| 19 | ‘ Janine wo n't do anything around the place . ’ |
| 20 | Another small farm was shown me as the place where the mother of a young baby had forgotten to place the poker over its cradle : as a consequence the child , unprotected by iron , had been stolen by the fairies and replaced by a ‘ changeling ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ It can provide them with a place to bask in the sun because the sand warms up quickly , ’ it comments . |
| 22 | Argeĺes is undeniably a centre , near enough to the towns to the north and the great valleys and mountains to the south to suggest itself as a place to stay . |
| 23 | Post-war Germany had offered itself as a place of refuge to the persecuted in recognition of the hospitality given by other countries to all those driven out of pre-war Germany by the Nazis . |
| 24 | A steep scramble down an ivy-covered slope leads one into a place of great natural beauty alive with the earth spirit force . |
| 25 | It was a remarkable turn around in fortunes for the England No 3 , and almost certainly assures him of a place in the British team for this summer 's Olympics . |
| 26 | It was beautiful how they 'd laid it down that the baby should be brought up in Dynmouth so that they could always see it about the place . |
| 27 | After a little more than a year , she alone had transformed it into a place where the children could play in safety , a stretch of patchy grass with a few well-cared-for roses round its border , and an immensely high wall skirting the garden from one end to the other . |
| 28 | The first task with a coin , as with any other artefact , is to try to establish its date and attribute it to a place of manufacture and authority , since we must know where and when it was made before it can give us any information about the past . |
| 29 | Yeah , somebody had told us about a place to go to , asking the bloody earth they were ! |
| 30 | or the one who seeks to put himself in the place of Christ . |