Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [prep] the place " in BNC.
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| 1 | From Robert 's description of the place I presume that it had once been an attic , for it was small , the ceiling sloped , and there was no window set into the wall . |
| 2 | ‘ From Robert 's description of the place , ’ he read , ‘ I presume that it had once been an attic , for it was small , the ceiling sloped , and there was no window set into the wall . ’ |
| 3 | Tamar 's enthusiasm for the place momentarily brightened up her face . |
| 4 | A new behavioural and perceptual orientation to a site demands a new critical adjustment to one 's experience of the place . |
| 5 | However , we need to reserve , against his conclusion , this other possibility at least : that the Pioneers ' intention to establish the Manufacturing Society as a separate entity was strategically right , but structurally mishandled ; while the Consumer Movement 's perception of the place of production in the Co-operative scheme was a strategic mistake , most successfully carried out . |
| 6 | The clues lie , probably , in an informality of style ; in signs — at least — that someone has thought about the environment of the office ; evidence of a lot of the agency 's work around the place ( if they have nothing to be proud of ; they can not be much use ) ; an approach which is clearly geared to the idea of selling . |
| 7 | Carinish Court had aroused some people 's envy : that at least was true , even if Ralph had perhaps been mistaken about Johnny Redburn 's reaction to the place . |
| 8 | When they visit the country , however , that knowledge is transformed — the person 's knowledge of the place becomes altogether different . |
| 9 | After lunch , Boswell , knowing McQueen 's passion for the place , introduced the subject of Anaitis . |
| 10 | Lucy 's use for the place now over , she cut down by the stage and went out through the main part of the club . |
| 11 | When she had read every single children 's book in the place , she started wandering round in search of something else . |
| 12 | For though I doubt if he 's ready to own to it yet , I know of another who can and will testify that the two of them were together until the bell sounded for Compline , which would be the better part of an hour later than you have in mind , and a quarter of an hour 's walk from the place , into the bargain . |
| 13 | What no one could have bought , what was n't for sale at any price , was Alison 's way with the place . |
| 14 | He paid and left for his first call at a dealer 's house in the Place du Bourg-de-Four . |