Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] place at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went upstairs , had a wash then took my place at the dining table . |
| 2 | John secured his place at the world finals in New York in August by beating 33 other Scottish Scrabble fanatics at an elimination contest in Edinburgh . |
| 3 | Victory would have secured Jarryd his place at the top of the points table , a feat worth £110,000 . |
| 4 | Stephen Cross ( Wirral ) produced a national standard throw of 57.00m to take the under-17 javelin title , with Peter Johnson ( Sefton ) confirming his place at the ‘ national ’ with a throw of 56.04m in the senior competition . |
| 5 | Even if you do n't have a programme memory you can use 000 to mark your place at the beginning of any section you want to replay . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've told you before — if you want to keep your place at the vicarage , you ca n't go around saying such unchristian things . |
| 7 | I took my place at the top of a walkway between the orchestra , the curtains opened and a lush sigh from the string section led the intro of ‘ Memories ’ . |
| 8 | After lunch I recrossed the road to the newsagents , and took my place at the wailing wall of the pornography section . |
| 9 | Celeste Hinds , mother of a Down 's syndrome child , took her place at the rostrum , dominated overhead by SPUC 's ubiquitous emblem : the crying foetus . |
| 10 | Good-naturedly , she took her place at the end of the line and when Ernest was satisfied with the arrangements , he said : ‘ Watch the birdie ! ’ |
| 11 | In taking his place at the head of the Second Crusade , the Rex Francorum decisively hastened the transformation of the Franks into the French . |
| 12 | As Harry sat down in the chair Martha indicated , he glanced at Will , who , looking rather hot and red-faced , was now taking his place at the head of the table . |
| 13 | ‘ Of course I 'll be joining you for Sunday tea , ’ he would say charmingly , then would purposely keep them waiting until , fretful and concerned , David would leave his place at the table to remind his stepfather , only to be told that they should : ‘ Start without me . |
| 14 | Sid finished his cigarette and took his place at the Bren gun . |
| 15 | Ross John Mackenzie was born without any complications , and took his place at the end of the Mackenzie line . |
| 16 | That evening , Scott took his place at the news desk and ran an eye over his script . |
| 17 | But once the horses were unsaddled , rubbed down and hobbled , he spread a blanket on the hard ground and took his place at the evening meal with the others . |
| 18 | Cycle triumph : The bicycle voted Best Bike of 1993 at the Harrogate Cycle Fair has taken its place at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum , Cultra , alongside some of its illustrious predecessors . |
| 19 | He had taken her place at the eyepiece of the instrument . |
| 20 | Sport resumed its place at the centre of male culture providing familiar landmarks for private lives , giving a kind of chronology or structure to the year . |
| 21 | The round table talks resumed in Belfast on Sept. 29 and the following day the DUP resumed its place at the negotiating table . |
| 22 | Perhaps we may even persuade him to take my place at the chess-board . ’ |
| 23 | For women whose self-esteem has been largely derived from being the centre of the home , there are a set of problems and issues to be resolved when they are required to take their place at the side of the family stage . |
| 24 | The Prince of Wales has offered to take her place at the service if necessary . |
| 25 | Announcing that " the time for negotiation has arrived " , de Klerk invited representative black leaders to " walk through the open door " and take their place at the negotiating table " together with the government and other leaders who have important power bases inside and outside Parliament " . |
| 26 | Although the recruiter had obviously bathed , he still exuded the faint mustiness of the habitual opium smoker as he pressed past Duclos to take his place at the breakfast table . |
| 27 | Having established the tone , Procul Harum duly yielded their place at the top of the charts to the Beatles , who settled on the essence of that summer with ‘ All You Need Is Love ’ , to be followed by Scott McKenzie 's ‘ San Francisco ’ , which was , millions of radios announced , the place to be to skip the light fandango , and where all one needed was love . |
| 28 | Ian Watson , the student in question was a clever young man who had worked very hard to achieve his place at the higher seat of learning ; he found it very difficult to manage on the pittance that his father allowed him . |