Example sentences of "[adj] place at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was too hot on the roof so she got up and slithered down the ivy into the dark , damp place at the side of the boathouse and went indoors . |
| 2 | The buttons of her cardigan were correctly done up and the collar flattened neatly , the zip of the skirt was in its proper place at the side and her tattered bedroom slippers had been replaced with a tidy pair of court shoes , the wrong colour for the skirt . |
| 3 | There was an empty place at the bottom of the table . |
| 4 | Bonaventure agreed , stretched , and walked back to his favourite place at the base of the pillar . |
| 5 | My second favourite place at the zoo was the Reptile House , and I 've had various sorts of reptiles as pets . |
| 6 | The main gate 's a popular place at the moment . ’ |
| 7 | The inspector was standing in a public place at the time , and of course this message came up over the radios of all police officers on the Division … |
| 8 | There 's a black , uncharted place at the back of my mind labelled ‘ here be dragons ’ . |
| 9 | Shelley looked across at Abuelo , sitting in his usual place at the head of the table . |
| 10 | After John died , when the Girls were asked to appear at the Royal Command Performance , she saw no reason why this show should be any different from the others and stood in her usual place at the side of the stage , hissing corrections at the Girls . |
| 11 | It could explain why heavy objects fall to the ground ( seeking their natural place at the centre of the universe ) , it could explain the action of siphons and liftpumps ( the explanation being based on the impossibility of a vacuum ) , and so on . |
| 12 | The man who dominated the hut , who controlled the tobacco racket , who took an undisputed place at the front of the food queue in the Kitchen . |
| 13 | Hamish had taken up the managerial place at the factory that everyone had expected would be Kenneth 's , when Kenneth had decided to teach . |
| 14 | The courts were the only place at the moment where such uncertainties could be cleared up , but Prof McLean argued that they were not the place to decide such matters . |
| 15 | And in a dark , secret place at the back of the shed was a large wooden box with bars across the front . |
| 16 | JOHN ROLFE and Adrian Breton will be competing for a British Olympic place at the weekend when the rapid fire pistol match in the World Cup Tournament in Los Angeles will be the decider for Barcelona , writes Leslie Howcroft . |
| 17 | Try try the other place at the bottom of erm Mottingham lane . |
| 18 | If we choose to use our resources in the most efficient place at the moment we may avoid those areas which are not so efficient but which will be more valuable in the future . |
| 19 | The University guarantees a place in University Halls , Student Houses or flats to all new first year undergraduates who live outwith the boundary of the City of Edinburgh , provided that their application form has reached the Student Accommodation Service by 1st September and that UCAS has confirmed their academic place at the University of Edinburgh as UF by the same date . |
| 20 | I should just add that I was lucky enough to be selected for the only European Commission sponsored place at the EEB conference . |
| 21 | Contrary , then , to some of its more overreaching definitions , postmodernism itself could be said to mark not just the cultural effects of a new stage of ‘ late ’ capitalism , but the sense of the loss of European history and culture as History and Culture , the loss of their unquestioned place at the centre of the world . |
| 22 | McGoldrick , a revelation as emergency sweeper for Palace in impressive wins over Liverpool and Leeds , would readily swap his wide duties for a permanent place at the back . |