Example sentences of "[vb pp] a place [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were travelling steerage and had secured a place on a bench on a port deck . |
| 2 | The boy told him that he had got a place in a hostel , but that he would be lucky to get into a place like that if it was his first night . |
| 3 | This was one aspect of her following human emotions where they took her , into many depths and intensities , that has yet hardly had a place in a novel . |
| 4 | One concern is that as the numbers of very aged people increase in the population , so those offered a place in a home are increasingly dependent . |
| 5 | Following the burglary , she has been offered a place in a warden controlled block in Milton Keynes . |
| 6 | Striding out for charity FIVE unemployed people who have been given a place on a training scheme at British Aerospace Airbus , Broughton , have decided to give something back to the community by a sponsored walk from Bangor to BAe Broughton over two days starting on June 24 . |
| 7 | We will carry out pilot projects for the ‘ foyer ’ concept , whereby young people are given a place in a hostel if in exchange they give a commitment to train and look for work . |
| 8 | Anyone wishing to attend alone will be found a place on a team . |
| 9 | He had lost his job because of the incident , but had later found a place on a youth training scheme , magistrates were told . |
| 10 | It was in 1936 that the first American edition of Lionello Venturi 's History of Art Criticism was published , containing material which could equally have found a place in a book about art history . |
| 11 | If you are in this position , or even if you are lucky enough to have obtained a place on a re-entry course , it may help to make a tentative assessment of the skills you feel need to be reassessed in order to practise safely . |