Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] a place [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kandinskaya stared hard at her and said , ‘ The first one was apparently plucked out of its route between Mars and Andronicus and whisked away to a place in the asteroid belt some seventy-nine degrees away from here . |
| 2 | As guard dogs barked at rabbits in the barbed-wire-ringed grounds , Bawdsey Manor last week looked uncommonly like a place with secrets still to harbour . |
| 3 | I am sure , however , that Jim will be back competing hard for a place in the Walker Cup side at Portmarnock . |
| 4 | At the tender age of six or seven , she was then involved in court action that saw the man go to prison — with Rosemary being taken away to a place of safety , a children 's home . |
| 5 | In recent time it has been thoroughly renovated with its style respected and conserved — and serves still as a place of shelter and of refreshment for travellers . |
| 6 | Delicately wrought Ming urns and vases stood on tables at the foot of every pillar and to Joseph 's surprise an impassive young mandarin appeared silently from a place of concealment behind one of them as the Resident Superior finished speaking . |