Example sentences of "it be no place for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the barmaid , we were the only women there , and the two youngest women in our group had a long discussion : one defended the secret solidarity of the men , the other said , " it 's no place for a woman , I could n't stand it . " |
| 2 | It is no place for you . ’ |
| 3 | It is no place for PROs to go snooping around collecting information to put out in a defensive public statement before its true significance can be established . |
| 4 | Yet I did , in some small way , feel that the house was part of me , and I liked its creaking bouncing floors and its spartan coldness ( it was no place for lolling about ) ; its medley of doors — some Norfolk latch , some brass door-knobbed ; the ancient cloudy glass in its leaded windows ; the odd corners , shelves and cupboards ; its air of fragility , of dignity — for it was indeed very old ; and above all , its village shop smell , of paraffin , strong kitchen soap , cough sweets and aniseed balls , prunes , string , and tobacco . |
| 5 | It was no place for a man to live . |
| 6 | When we followed her into the bedroom she ordered us out , saying it was no place for kids . |
| 7 | It was no place for a gentleman . |
| 8 | It was no place for idle talk then : there was too much action for gossip . |
| 9 | It was no place for Cedric . |
| 10 | Her worst was when she got in the way ; backstage timing sometimes had to be precise , and it was no place for someone who was still taking in the sights . |