Example sentences of "place be [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enough disruption to ensure that the place is in a continual ferment of reorganization which in other companies may well be a good thing to have . |
| 2 | Those exquisite hand-tailored shoes would not feel that their place is in an airy whirl of orgasmic delight . |
| 3 | That place is like a dead house when you 're out of it . |
| 4 | it was so obvious , cos they were n't spending no money on it , the place was in a right state |
| 5 | The first meeting place was in a small room with only one window in Lady Stair 's Close , Lawnmarket . |
| 6 | The slate roof was mildewed in places and the guttering shaky , but otherwise the place was in a good state of repair . |
| 7 | By closing time the place was like an alcoholic Turkish bath , and leaving it for the trip over Stonesdale Moor in the lashing rain was a sore wrench indeed . |