Example sentences of "place [verb] [prep] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearby pride of place goes to a clump of mullein . |
| 2 | THE village is pervaded by an air of decency , and seems the ideal place to retire after a life of honest graft . |
| 3 | Then he would go in there , turn everything out of the cupboards , eat his fill , and leave the place looking like a herd of swine had trampled through it . |
| 4 | Any place struck by a bolt of lightning was considered sacred to him . |
| 5 | She felt certain that he intended her no harm and her fear began to recede , its place taken by a surge of excitement and anticipation . |