Example sentences of "it [verb] place on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes place on the Caribbean island of Silver-store , where pirates murder many of the English colony and a detachment of Marines left to guard them ; the rest are taken prisoner but contrive to escape . |
| 2 | It takes place on 26 March at Gloucester , in the redeveloped Docks . |
| 3 | It took place on the Monday after Twelfth Day when the farm workers returned to work after the Christmas holiday . |
| 4 | Since planes tend to fly by Greenwich Mean Time , it is convenient to say it took place on the evening of the Friday . |
| 5 | Their secret organizations had long planned a revolution ; it took place on 18 September 1885 , when the Turkish governor-general was expelled , and a telegram sent to Prince Alexander welcomed him to his new realm . |
| 6 | It took place on Friday , 10 September , and only between Johnson and Boswell ; Johnson talked of four people , Richard Bentley , David Mallet , the Duchess of Marlborough and Joseph Hooke . |
| 7 | This however was no ordinary wedding as it took place on the Healthcare annual incentive to Mexico . |
| 8 | Rather its provisions will deem the transfer to be treated as if it took place on an earlier specified date . |
| 9 | Secondly , I am glad to have the opportunity of relating the framework of our Further and Higher Education Bill , which has today been debated in another place , to the education for adults as it take place on the ground . |