Example sentences of "was [art] place for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided that in my present state I could n't face Moscow , and having discovered about the hot , spring baths of Budapest and the chess players who stand in water at 76 degrees Celsius , leisurely moving the pieces , decided that it was the place for me . |
| 2 | Soon after arriving at Le Court I knew that this was the place for me . |
| 3 | Of course Galashiels in , in , at that period was the place for everybody to come to . |
| 4 | I 'd have thought this was the place for you , Mum , more than anywhere else . ’ |
| 5 | Sean asked if there was a place for him , where he could stay . |
| 6 | So I silently willed her to know that if life with Edward became insupportable there was a place for her to come . |
| 7 | Her woollen hat was lying on a chair : she was a tidy woman , over-tidy ; there was a place for everything and everything in its place , was her motto . |
| 8 | ‘ There was a place for everything and everything was in its place . |
| 9 | Well tha well oh well that 's alright , it was only that it 'd be I thought you said there was a place for your name and address that had n't been filled in by the computer so you filled it in ? |
| 10 | There was no place for her in that life now . |
| 11 | Fernando belonged to Maria Luisa and their child and there was no place for her in his life . |
| 12 | There was no place for me . |
| 13 | Clearly this was no place for me , and having tiptoed back to the sitting-room , I switched on a light and picked up the evening paper . |
| 14 | This was no place for me to linger . |
| 15 | In these conditions there was no place for what H. E. Bates called ‘ the air of silent refrigeration , the arid cross-examination of stares ’ ; the war had ‘ smashed the silence ’ , for long the hallmark of railway travel in Britain . |
| 16 | So Mr H concluded there was no place for him to live in Japan except in a mental hospital . |
| 17 | Medieval women were not without authority in the familial and economic spheres even if there was no place for them in public politics . |
| 18 | " And she brought forth her first-born child , and laid him in a manger , because there was no place for them in the inn . " |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | This was no place for it . |