Example sentences of "place [prep] a [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it 's funny because erm , when we saw Ken the other day he was saying that erm his niece rang him up and erm she 's er she 's gon na be in Crewe this weekend for a friend 's wedding and , I think she must be coming up with some , some other girl as well , because the two of them , he said , I 'm taking two young ladies out on Sunday for lunch where 's a good place for a Sunday lunch you see ? |
| 2 | The deal includes a place for a Taiyo Kobe employee on the Credito Commerciale board . |
| 3 | But even so , there was not what could be described as an irrevocable Protestant march towards Reformation ; the new activity of 1558 took place in a Scotland which was still largely Catholic . |
| 4 | Peterborough0 Stoke1 ( Stoke win 4–3 on aggregate ) A SINGLE goal by Stoke City secured their place in a Wembley final for the first time in 20 years on a night when defender Lee Sandford required six stitches in a cheek wound following a clash with Peterborough captain Mick Halsall . |
| 5 | Italian Riccardo Patrese , in the second Benetton , was fourth fastest while Britain 's Martin Brundle clocked seventh place in a Ligier . |
| 6 | A successful recovery job took place in a Hampstead garden , Andy Kountouri and Agapios Kyriacou , alerted to the fact that a valuable ring had been lost , sprang into action . |
| 7 | Er well we would we would record them and and that would be it you know but we would have a fair idea when we 'd be recording the album like that you know there 's always be a place in a Foster and Allen programme for a Beautiful Dreamer so if you get a sound that 's pretty close to that there 'll always be a place for a an up tempo sound that that Mick would do so you have to sort of pick ones with a good story line and a good melody and again that you can work a good video round you know . |
| 8 | The poignant meeting took place in a Corfu bar after an amazing series of coincidences led to 17 separate sightings by British tourists . |
| 9 | The action that followed was one of the most bizarre that sailing-ships ever fought , for it took place in a November gale that might well have put the whole of both fleets on to the rocks , but it was a complete defeat for the French who lost nine ships while the British lost only two . |
| 10 | NO further repatriations of Vietnamese boat people will take place before a Commons debate on the issue next Tuesday , the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , told MPs yesterday . |
| 11 | The railway spread dissatisfaction and immorality among the poor , the place being inundated with worthless and overpaid navigators [ 'navvies ' ] ; the very appearance of the country was altered , some families left , and the rusticity of the village gave place to a London-out-of-town character . |
| 12 | Violence in the Transvaal townships in August and September reached its worst point on Sept. 12-13 , when 50 died in riots in Thokoza township and an indiscriminate massacre of commuters took place on a Johannesburg-Soweto train . |
| 13 | Enquire at Keeper 's House near Lettermore if concerned , but note no shooting generally takes place on a Sunday . |
| 14 | Alan Kane turned down an opportunity to explain the Save Ulster From Sodomy campaign on television because the studio discussion would take place on a Sunday . |
| 15 | The interview took place on a Friday afternoon in the Royal Palace and was as bad as any I can remember : the king was bad , I was bad , the room was gloomy , nothing went right . |
| 16 | A typical road accident involving children takes place on a Friday in winter — and boys are more vulnerable than girls . |
| 17 | The battle took place on a Saturday , 14 October : because the armies were so evenly matched and the ground so difficult it lasted eight hours , a great time in a world where a decision was usually reached in just over two hours . |
| 18 | The shooting took place on a Saturday . |
| 19 | It was a polite invitation to a morning party at the minister 's house in Bath Street , to take place on a Saturday , in about ten days ' time . |
| 20 | The comedy drama , called Henri , is about the adventures of a brilliant young accordion player from a small rural town who wins a place at a Belfast music school . |