Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I do know is that we 're very conscious a great deal of money 's been spent by the Council and by the Trust to try and make the place outside more inviting those tubs been put there er they been planted etc there 's a lot of litter there we 've put litter bins there there 's taxi rank there there 's lot 's of things been put there I think the problem is it is n't the people who do that I mean it 's the people who actually do the litter and it 's quite clear that we do go out we do tidy up but it happens and it 's a case of balance of what we can do and what you ca n't do but we do work at it I can assure you . |
| 2 | We could make the place pay . |
| 3 | ‘ As soon as I can spare you , you are to go over there and make the place habitable . |
| 4 | You will make the place happy as you did before . ’ |
| 5 | And frankly , who 'd want the place anyway , in its present state ? |
| 6 | He do n't want the place any more , nor the money neither , I 'll be bound . |
| 7 | If you do n't want the place , that 's fine by me . |
| 8 | But he could n't enlighten them : he only had orders to ‘ paint the place up a bit ’ . |
| 9 | Do you think the place has changed much since the takeover ? |
| 10 | Right , erm so do you think the place has changed much in the years that you 've worked here ? |
| 11 | ‘ Now when I say he believed in England I do n't mean your thatched cottages and warm beer he did n't think the place was cute , not just his grandfather 's birthplace . |
| 12 | You can only see twelve feet er , you 'd think the place was empty in the bar . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know the place . |
| 14 | I 'm sure it was true that he did n't know the place was let to me ‘ |
| 15 | I 'll know the place again , and take you there straight . |
| 16 | Also , although I did n't know the place , I suspected that most of the low-lying shore would dry out , and I wanted to go there on the flood . |
| 17 | ‘ Do you know the place , George ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Do you know the place ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Then you do n't know the place as well as you think you do . ’ |
| 20 | They 've played here so often in the past they feel they know the place intimately . |
| 21 | ‘ Let's explore the place ! ’ |
| 22 | Such a discussion may include the place of casework in the bureaux , the debate about quality of service versus quantity , generalist versus specialist services , the place of counselling and the place of social policy work . |
| 23 | Reed has taken his chance to impress and win the place that might have gone to England 's Wade Dooley , who has returned home after the death of his father . |
| 24 | Sunil would not buy the place until it had been done . |
| 25 | Might freshen the place up a bit , thought Nelly , stepping out into the storm . |
| 26 | ‘ And if we ca n't fully enjoy the place there 's not much point in keeping it . |
| 27 | And as for not doing much , you 'd hardly recognise the place ! ’ |
| 28 | for example , an experienced chartered accountant may well seek a place on the finance committee or a solicitor on the law and parliamentary committee . |
| 29 | First , do you know a place called Badgers ’ Wood ? ’ |
| 30 | I really do need a place . |