Example sentences of "[adj] place [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite her alleged impatience to hear about his experiences during the pay-off , she made no attempt to refer to it again , launching instead into a blow-by-blow account of a film she had seen the previous evening , going on to explain that she loved films , really loved them , that the only place to see them properly was the cinema , that her favourite was a wonderful old place in the centre of town called the Minerva , and what a shame it was that no one went to the cinema any more . |
| 2 | We are always ready to arrange special rates for groups and offer a free place for the organiser with any group of 20 or more . |
| 3 | It was too hot on the roof so she got up and slithered down the ivy into the dark , damp place at the side of the boathouse and went indoors . |
| 4 | Therefore the said Justice Depute by the mouth of Duncan McIlvory Dempster of Court adjudged and ordained the above named to be taken upon the twelfth day of this instant month of June being Monday next to the ordinary place of execution and then and there be hanged upon a Gibbet till he die the death and his right hand to cut off and to be affixed to the most conspicuous place of the tollbooth of Killvorow in Ila there to continue till it rot or wear away , and ordained his moveables to be confiscated . |
| 5 | It was the capital of Greece , Athens , that first captivated his mind ; a very different place from the Decapolis of which he had written in ‘ The Song Of The Hellenist ’ , and light years away from the London from which he had fled . |
| 6 | In the shopping centre , I was gratified to see my name up on the Day 's Attractions board , and I sat down at a prepared place by the side of the stage . |
| 7 | The British consul-general in Seoul thought that Soviet suspicion of the anti-trusteeship groups was understandable enough and that both sides in the Joint Commission were jockeying to gain the best tactical place before the breakdown of talks ; neither wished to appear responsible for precipitating the collapse . |
| 8 | His supporters , Baldwin said , thought that he should meet Parliament , ‘ and that former precedent did not apply in this instance , in which the question at issue was one concerning not two but three Parties , and that the House of Commons was the proper place for the choice of the Electorate to be made known ’ . |
| 9 | It is submitted that element ( ii ) , and to some extent element ( iii ) , go to the weight to be given to the parliamentary material and have no proper place in the formulation of a rule regulating the admissibility of the material . |
| 10 | Prince does to black music what the Butthole Surfers do to rock — survey its whole length and breadth , take whatever seems like a good idea , regardless of its proper place in the narrative of pop , gather then let loose with a supreme incontinence and disregard for modesty . |
| 11 | Let us announce to all that Welsh in this county lives and insists on achieving its proper place in the order of things . ’ |
| 12 | There was an empty place at the bottom of the table . |
| 13 | Why should you not take a high place in the home of your ancestors ? ’ |
| 14 | Bonaventure agreed , stretched , and walked back to his favourite place at the base of the pillar . |
| 15 | ‘ Any messages ? ’ he barked at a subdued-looking Leif , still sitting in his favourite place in the inglenook of the great fireplace . |
| 16 | But London 's river is also policed by a special force of River Police , expert rivermen , who have a distinguished place in the history of the Thames . |
| 17 | Dangerfield has earned itself a distinguished place in the history of British textile production . |
| 18 | And when the corrections were pasted on , they frequently dropped off or slipped into the wrong place during the journey to the cameras . |
| 19 | These specially created ideologies more often than not give the believer a clear place in the scheme of things , by providing a definite identity . |
| 20 | Pourquery displayed a variety of touch shots and moved with great athleticism about the court , to defeat his net rushing opponent 6–4 6–7 6–2 and earn himself an intriguing place in the final against Hunter . |
| 21 | Friends said last night that Cleese and his new bride had decided Barbados was the perfect place for the wedding after holidaying there . |
| 22 | The common European wasp favours a cavity — a tunnel dug by a field mouse or some other small mammal , a hole in a tree , or a warm place in the loft of a house — and there she fixes a stalk of paper to a point in the roof . |
| 23 | If added water constitutes more than 5% of total product weight , that , too , must be included in the appropriate place in the list of ingredients . |
| 24 | There 's a black , uncharted place at the back of my mind labelled ‘ here be dragons ’ . |
| 25 | It was the best thing to be quiet and say nothing — to push it all away into a dark place like the cupboard under the stairs so it could be forgotten like an old raincoat or last summer 's shoes . |
| 26 | There is confusion too about the future place of the Certificate of Pre-vocational Education . |
| 27 | Caspar , genuinely appalled , said , ‘ But do n't you know that it 's almost the most dangerous place in the whole of Ireland ? ’ |
| 28 | YAWL went into winter quarters as a leading ante-post Oaks fancy and can justify her prominent place in the betting with victory in the Tripleprint Lupe Stakes at Goodwood today . |
| 29 | It therefore has a central place in the development of psychoanalytic theory . |
| 30 | We feel it to be important to dedicate an appeal like this , as the house is more than just bricks and mortar ; it takes a central place in the history of Simon . |