Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] a place [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For him it now became less a place of protest than a refuge for failures , free-loaders and misfits . |
| 2 | Wilko has yet to find even a place on the bench for either of his two big-money summer buys . |
| 3 | Surprising though cause normally a place like that can need a car |
| 4 | The dominating size and aggressive shape of Sandweg church reminded Miss Danziger that it had played as great a part in the physical defence of the island as in its spiritual well-being ; but , although its size and shape were awesome at a distance , the church became increasingly a place of sanctuary as she neared it . |
| 5 | It was indeed a failure of such imagery , but it must be remembered that the very image of society , and in some cases of socialism , the council estate embodied was that imposed by academics and professionals , and never that of the residents , who have neither a place in the construction of that image , nor the means for its appropriation . |