Example sentences of "placed [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | It gave him four and a half years of power without full responsibility — although he no doubt did not consider that this placed him in the harlot class . |
| 32 | " In his seventh year his [ foster ] father took him and placed him in the care of a man of experience and promptly sent him abroad with him to learn foreign languages and begin at once to study books . |
| 33 | Sophia placed him in the middle of the cake which was covered with white icing forked up into ridges . |
| 34 | Partly in order to show the world ( and , perhaps , reassure himself ) that " his destiny and that of Spain [ were ] consubstantial and that God [ had ] placed him in the position which he [ occupied ] for great things " . |
| 35 | Keats placed him among the stars , where Keats himself , for similar reasons , was to be placed by Shelley . |
| 36 | The range and quality of Jenks 's contribution placed him among the foremost writers on international law of his generation . |
| 37 | When Chiron died , JUPITER placed him amongst the stars where this fabled beast , holding an arrow upon bended bow , is now known as the zodiacal sign of Sagittarius . |
| 38 | And upon the way they round a leper , struggling in a quagmire , who cried out to them with a loud voice to help him for the love of God ; and when Rodrigo heard this , he alighted from his beast and helped him , and placed him upon the beast before him , and carried him with him in this manner to the inn where he took up his lodging that night . |
| 39 | He placed her on the bed and looked down at her . |
| 40 | Her General Practitioner referred her to the surgical Outpatients Clinic where the surgeon examined her and placed her on the waiting list for stripping ( removal ) of varicose veins . |
| 41 | After the original grants to her supporters in the coup d'état of 1762 which placed her on the throne , Catherine made very few presents of this kind during the decade 1762–72 , when her dependence on noble support is usually supposed to have been at its height . |
| 42 | When he placed her on the bed and sat beside her she was left in no doubt of his love . |
| 43 | Jesus Delporto 's dying scream had followed Ace all the way to the lower moon , down the violently oscillating length of the Bridge , past bizarre machinery which seethed with naked power , and through the gap she had torched in the base of the column ; it followed her as eager hands pulled her from the writhing Bridge , stripped away her suit and placed her with the others in the medical unit ; followed her into sleep , forced a path into her dreams , drove her screaming and unrested into wakefulness . |
| 44 | Once a femur or a forearm would have played a pure note if you 'd used one for a pipe , but the pieces would whistle harsh and offkey now from the holes bored into them by the efficient mandibles of her companions in the vertical grave , the cenote where they placed her after the battle , during the truce . |
| 45 | They lifted her gently , as if she were an old lady , and placed her nearer the mouth of the cave . |
| 46 | Once they were back in the billet Charlie folded up his best suit and placed it under the bed next to the one Tommy had settled on , then swaggered around the room in his new uniform . |
| 47 | She took his suitcase and placed it at the bottom of the stairs . |
| 48 | Each girl lit a candle and placed it at the altar , symbolic of the light of Christ which burns throughout the world . |
| 49 | Finally he stood and placed it at the head of the mound . |
| 50 | Serving and former guardsmen stood to attention as Princess Diana , dressed in black , took the wreath from two old soldiers and placed it at the foot of the memorial in Horseguards Parade . |
| 51 | Waiting a moment , he placed it to the boy 's mouth again . |
| 52 | Lifting the spoon from the bowl , Tuan Ti Fo placed it to the boy 's lips , tilting it gently . |
| 53 | The pimp took the strip and placed it over the other girl 's mouth . |
| 54 | He picked up a toy and placed it with the others on the pile . |
| 55 | On the other hand , there were ‘ Romantic ’ straws in the wind : strong personalities who directed without instrument ( in Berlin , J.F. Reichardt ; for Paris , see below ) ; and the move towards an ‘ international ’ concert repertory which took responsibility away from the keyboardist ( by tradition , the composer ) and placed it with the violin leader . |
| 56 | Mrs Lennox filled Laura 's cup and placed it on the table . |
| 57 | He removed his straw hat and placed it on the empty chair beside him . |
| 58 | ‘ Well , then — ’ Alice walked across the kitchen to the open fireplace and , bending towards the oven at the side of it , she opened the door and took out a casserole dish and placed it on the table before she went on , ‘ If that 's how you 're feeling I think it 's about time you got yourself married . ’ |
| 59 | Myles blew out the lamp and placed it on the sideboard . |
| 60 | He placed it on the table and took out the contents . |