Example sentences of "what a [adj] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought what a dull place it must be . |
| 2 | Anyone who has ever participated in a voluntary organisation , youth work or parents ' association will know what a central place is taken by jumble sales and selling raffle tickets ( see Table 9.1 ) . |
| 3 | What a nice place you have here ! ’ ; poses for photos with old ladies ; signs autographs ; and grasps hundreds of eagerly outstretched hands , without ever needing to introduce himself . |
| 4 | And what a better place to achieve this , industrial conferences in our own union . |
| 5 | One sees what a tiny place one occupies in the world . " |
| 6 | ‘ What a curious place ! |
| 7 | ‘ And what a strange place to live ! |
| 8 | What a strange place to be ! |
| 9 | What a strange place it was . |
| 10 | What a lousy place for children to be stuck in . |
| 11 | ‘ What a bloody place , Jack . |
| 12 | What a ghastly place ! |
| 13 | What a mundane place for the escapee to be . |
| 14 | I do n't expect them to leave here with a catalogue of stories about what a terrible place Whitely is . |
| 15 | What a holy place — but only insofar as in that place the Saviour became a human person and started his adventure of faith . |
| 16 | To his evident surprise , Dr Ashok Kumar has been telling us what a civilised place the House of Commons is . |
| 17 | ‘ What a wonderful place ! |
| 18 | And what a wonderful place , what more can be said about the bar ? |
| 19 | ‘ Eighteen , she was , no experience of the world , and had n't they all told her before she left to go to England what a wicked place it was ? ’ he parodied savagely . |
| 20 | What a busy place Shrewsbury Station was in the days of steam ! |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , Ludovico , what a romantic place to live , ’ she sighed , ‘ I 'd give anything to have a view like this . ’ |
| 22 | And what a lovely place Portsmouth is I must say went to the gentlemen 's on , the toilet at the seafront last night and as I left , I looked at the sign that said er , please adjust your dress before you leave . |
| 23 | ‘ What a heavenly place ! ’ they each cry in turn , as they climb out of their cars , white-faced from the city and crumpled from the journey , and stroll with Howard across the lawns to the house in the evening sunshine . |
| 24 | WHAT a charitable place is my favourite resort Southend . |