Example sentences of "place [prep] special " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Foxton retained its importance as a place of special interest to canal people , and reinforced its reputation by becoming the site for one of the oddest , most technologically ingenious and most spectacular pieces of engineering in the whole canal system . |
| 2 | Today 45 is regularly operating at the National Tramway Museum at Crich in Derbyshire , and occupies a place of special affection . |
| 3 | It is a place of special pilgrimage , and after a hearty lunch our party of pilgrims set off en masse to visit it . |
| 4 | Added to this , lunch time services were run to Haversham , New Bradwell , Stanton Avenue , Old Bradwell , Stony Stratford , this latter place with special ‘ buses to the London Road ( Coronation Road ) and the Water Tower ( Augustus Road ) and Old Stratford , which also served the lower end of Stony Stratford High Street . |
| 5 | The methods of fixing are the same : we use either hazel spars cut from the hedgerow and twisted to form staple-like shapes , or nail the reeds in place with special thatching crooks ( hooked nails ) . |
| 6 | Using taper-edge plasterboards , nail them in place with special plasterboard nails . |