Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] a place " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well into the seventeenth century , the Alps were seen as a place where the only activity was shovelling snow from the 45° pastures . |
| 2 | No , we why do you think , what we er we er , if if you said if you were looking round a place an , and and a mother said , I 'm surprised that you have n't segregated the men from the women in the dorm . |
| 3 | Herbs were , first and foremost , grown primarily for healing and flavouring and , as such , were grown in a place reserved for them , whether it was part of a monastery garden , or part of the vegetable patch of peasant or yeoman farmer . |
| 4 | On 23 March , 1981 , we were transferred to a place called Tazmamert on the edge of the desert , handcuffed and blindfolded , travelling by helicopter and van . |
| 5 | And they were the originals of these were made in a place called in Germany . |
| 6 | England were assured of a place in the final when Lisa Opie , the holder , beat the second-seeded Australian , Robyn Lambourne in four games . |
| 7 | She would have no trouble in finding a tenant for the cottage ; already Simon Clifford , a neighbour , had approached her on behalf of an acquaintance of his who was looking for a place in the area . |
| 8 | They repeat stories of how the Tower was built on a place used for ancient sacrifice . |
| 9 | Standing at the corner of Great Tower Street and Seething Lane , in the very shadow of the Tower of London , All Hallows must have been as impressive a building then as it is today : one of the oldest parish churches in the City , it has always had close links with the Tower itself , and was used as a place of burial for many an unfortunate wretch executed on the nearby scaffold . |
| 10 | ‘ I was born in a place of shadows , of memories , of decline . |
| 11 | I was born in a place called Denham . |
| 12 | The exciting promise John had revealed over the previous eighteen months was rewarded by a place on the England tour of Australasia in June 1991 where he demonstrated his capacity to excite the crowd and to bemuse the opposition by featuring prominently in all four matches , thereby staking a claim for a regular inclusion in the national side . |
| 13 | His decision was rewarded by a place in the Championship side , and with 43 and 40 on his debut against Essex , 78 off Sussex and then 76 against Kent , he soon confirmed the high potential recognised by director of cricket Geoff Cook . |
| 14 | I was dragged to a place that I found later was the premises of the Secret Police , ‘ the complex ’ , code named ‘ Fixed Point One ( FP1 ) ’ . |
| 15 | I do n't want to be talking to you , thought Penelope desperately , trying to appear interested in what Robina Fairfax was saying about a place in West London where she had bought a piece of statuary for her garden at a very reasonable price . |
| 16 | A mare was found at a place called Vitehall near Kyrkekvarn , bleeding from wounds in her vagina and hind legs . |
| 17 | A deposit of cremated bones , probably human , was found at a place exactly on the elliptical perimeter of the circle . |
| 18 | They were still on the outskirts of the city centre itself and Donna wondered what something as strange as a waxworks was doing so far from the city centre , even what it was doing in a place like Portsmouth . |
| 19 | I was learning at a place where we hired the computer 's time and it was cheaper to get a night run . |
| 20 | Once she kept me hanging around for an hour and a half , which might sound like a backward step , but you have to remember she was sitting in a place of her own choice , and was taking it all in . |
| 21 | The war memorial tablet on the wall of Brigstock Villa was removed to a place of safe keeping before tram operation from Thornton Heath ceased , but as soon as the depôt was cleared of cars , demolition contractors moved in . |
| 22 | ‘ As a result of that the child was taken to a place of safety and is now being accommodated by the council , ’ a council spokesman said . |
| 23 | In 1838 Smith was rejected for a place in the Trinity House almshouse , being under age . |
| 24 | He got some sort of report from intelligence sources in England that Steiner was killed at a place called Meltham House trying to get at Churchill . ’ |
| 25 | But one of the happiest jobs I ever had was working in a place called Lonsdale Sports . |
| 26 | A club notorious in the area as a hang-out for the criminally inclined was suggested as a place where someone might know of them or their whereabouts . |