Example sentences of "[pron] place [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you and Basil come up my place one day . ’ |
| 2 | I first became a Member of Parliament in 1979 , taking my place that summer as a back-bencher in what was to become an historic Parliament . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , come on in then ! ’ had reseated herself in the chair , and motioned me to take my place next to her at the desk . |
| 4 | If you leave my place empty , they 'll back off . |
| 5 | If so , any school or group of schools in consultation with the College and the leader of the in-service team may decide to depart from a particular syllabus or portions of it and develop in its place new material which after being tried out and improved upon may be passed on to other schools and colleges for use on a wider scale with the approval of the Ministry . |
| 6 | Mat was good too , because he did n't want to arrive at her place hot and flustered ; not today , not with her at the end of the walk , not with that subtle but unequivocal promise there , waiting , ready . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't know their place any more , like everyone else . |
| 8 | Guests — all Sikhs — began to appear from around the nearby houses and , after greeting Mrs Puri , quietly took their place cross-legged in ranks on the ground . |
| 9 | Domestic rates will be abolished and in their place local authorities will levy a poll tax . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I 'll still 'ave ter keep me place clean . |
| 11 | In his place two new young joint chairs were elected , Walter Silbermayr ( formerly a party secretary ) and Susanne Sohn . |
| 12 | The only magnate who kept his place unchallenged for long was the prince himself . |
| 13 | Naturally he he wanted to keep his place open and when he got up the next morning somebody had painted the side of the van completely over . |
| 14 | The other cells are all empty , and are almost disturbingly clean — Bremer is especially devoted to keeping his place clean and tidy . |
| 15 | Anyway they would land down at our place most weekends , because we used to take the Darlington and Stockton Times , and they would all be smoking their pipes and talking , asking , ‘ What hast thou fresh , now ’ and catching up on the comings and goings of Baldersdale . |
| 16 | And she said Geoff kept saying to her oh I would n't move from where you are , you know you got your place lovely i if you the reason she moved was cos she wanted Tony to get the breakfast round What was said that 's what Val said . |
| 17 | ‘ Are you angry with me because I phoned Luke at your place last night ? |
| 18 | Mind you , so did we when we went round your place last night and found you gone . |
| 19 | I 'd take your place any day . |