Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] in [adj] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's knowing what goes on in that place that 's the thing , General . |
| 2 | This centre looks like a huge barracks in the hills and no one knows what goes on in this place . |
| 3 | Above them on a rocky promontory of convenient geology , Jesus kneels in prayer , an exercise that still goes on in some places , though with less agony and less certainty of address . ’ |
| 4 | Nobody knows what goes on in these places . |
| 5 | Cuttings were made to ease the original gradients , causeways laid down in difficult places , and the roadway widened . |
| 6 | It was a triumph of planning in so short a time for so complicated a matter , most of it carried through in most places within a year or two years of the passing of the act . |
| 7 | He hated the sun and used to curl up in shadowy places . |
| 8 | Thi this is something which has come out in several places I do n't know whether the members noted it , erm the er it also touches on , on , on what my colleague said earlier and the item in paragraph V er the assumption of the demand remain much as it is , heavily towards the South East particularly Gatwick . |
| 9 | Terrible abuses to the environment , often carried out in remote places or far out to sea have been headlined on television and in the press . |
| 10 | The example also illustrates the influence of technology — now that data is easily transferred electronically , typesetting and printing of newspapers is often carried out in different places , with printing taking place at several locations . |
| 11 | The sea had broken through in several places , and many homes are at risk from flooding . |
| 12 | Moreover , a common feature of scanning is that early signals often show up in unexpected places . |
| 13 | In 1653 they were fined for ‘ … not impounding the hogs which have turned up in divers places ’ . |
| 14 | It sounds fantastically timeless , like you just jumped into the Tardis and came out in another place and era entirely . |
| 15 | People are frightened Ron there is a fear thing going on in this place . |
| 16 | It seems clear from the surviving images that emperors took interest in and approved the form of their portraits , particularly those that would be seen by many of their subjects on coins and statues set up in public places . |
| 17 | It has also led me to think along the lines of who needs to work habitation sites when finds like this are popping up in random places ? |
| 18 | Dickens regards the behaviour of Mr Guppy as ‘ usual ’ in people who go over houses : ‘ They straggle about in wrong places , look at wrong things , do n't care for the right things , gape when more rooms are opened , exhibit profound depression of the spirits , and are clearly knocked up . ’ |
| 19 | Waiting times are coming down in most places and staff report improved management and job satisfaction . |
| 20 | Last week it broke through in several places , going underground along channels below the cooled crust , to reappear from smaller ‘ ephemeral ’ craters farther down the slopes . |
| 21 | The correct feeling must be one of turning away sufficiently and then staying turned away , holding the right side back and making the clubhead win the race , followed by the hands and with the body action then pulled through in third place . |
| 22 | People brought up in different places and having different life experiences will come up with different opinions . |
| 23 | Openings for quarrels were bubbling up in several places in the 1730s . |
| 24 | He could see the food the Men had laid out in different places across the Park and he was tempted by it ; and the thought of its taste began to obsess him . |
| 25 | We know very little of what went on in these places , from either archaeological or historical evidence , but R. H. Britnell has suggested that most markets were ‘ closely related to the growth of local trade between food producers , craftsmen and tradesmen ’ . |
| 26 | Ireland 's Conor Henry , last year 's overall winner , went down in sixth place overall and looks likely to have to settle for a placing . |
| 27 | Often , as the night drew on , a number of people were seen to lie down in odd places , both in Partisan Street and on the Embankment . |
| 28 | It maketh me to lie down in wet places , |
| 29 | Cuskin took over in third place , with a deficit of 1 min 21 secs for the final 3 miles 80 yards circuit and he hit the front with a mile remaining , recording the fastest time of the afternoon to win by 23 secs . |
| 30 | It 's being cooped up in this place I know , but her brain is just … ’ |