Example sentences of "[pos pn] place at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After lunch I recrossed the road to the newsagents , and took my place at the wailing wall of the pornography section . |
| 2 | He rose , and restored his chair to its place at the neighbouring table . |
| 3 | Puddephat had refused to take his place at a formal dinner to welcome the new master of his college because he had been placed opposite Dr Theodore Sykes , a fellow member of the English faculty . |
| 4 | Ian Watson , the student in question was a clever young man who had worked very hard to achieve his place at the higher seat of learning ; he found it very difficult to manage on the pittance that his father allowed him . |
| 5 | Well , Tam has asked the question but answered it elsewhere , writing that Crossman 's ‘ sense of his own position in the elite of the nation never deserted him ’ , and that ‘ he seldom if ever had any doubts about his place at the very epicentre of the British Establishment ’ . |