Example sentences of "place with a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A high-tech place with a video shooting-range . |
| 2 | Then she took the willow twig , laid it across the bull 's withers and secured it in place with a rope tied firmly beneath the soft folds of flesh on the underside of the neck . |
| 3 | And so the words turned back on themselves , phrases reappeared , seeming to confirm other phrases , merely repeating themselves , clicking into place with a semblance of logic which nicely disguised the truth that all these words were nothing but a glittering fabric which hovered above the ground , unwinding endlessly , slipping between the fingers , beguiling like a mirage , taking on whatever shape the conjuror wanted , and leading nowhere . |
| 4 | I 'd forgotten to fetch something to put my hair up with , and so I brushed it into a ponytail and held it in place with a pair of knickers from the airing cupboard , which I twisted round and used like a scrunchie . |
| 5 | Carrie stood behind the counter of the dining rooms with her fair hair pulled up at the back of her head and held in place with a pair of large bone combs . |
| 6 | As Plutarch says ( Aratos xvi ) of the Akrokorinth : ‘ it hinders and cuts off all the country south of the Isthmus from intercourse , transits , and the carrying on of military expeditions by land and sea , and makes him who controls the place with a garrison sole lord of Greece . ’ |
| 7 | The best solution might thus be for the centre bollard to be held in place with a padlock , for which he will have a key . |
| 8 | And just five minutes later the Germans booked their third-round place with a strike by Michael Zorc . |
| 9 | It 's pretty self-explanatory , really : a moulded plastic thingy that you wedge under the carrying handle of your combo , securing it in place with a velcro strap . |
| 10 | Once he saw a glade , a secret place with a floor of pale , sandy soil . |
| 11 | Northgate Sports Centre , Ipswich , hosted the Amateur Fencing Association 's Eastern Section Ladies Epee competition took place with a field of quality entrants from all across the region . |
| 12 | A private place with a chessboard garden , a square divided into four plots by small gravelled walks and paths . |
| 13 | They were the Sayers over at West New Houses , a big place with a sheep moor which belonged to the Strathmores , the Queen Mother 's family . |
| 14 | The Olympic 100 metres champion dispelled self doubts about his European Cup place with a pacey 10.26sec victory in chilly conditions at the British Championships on Saturday . |
| 15 | She then draped it with vivid red silk , secured in place with a glue gun . |
| 16 | tiles are generally stuck in place with a contact adhesive , which makes them difficult to remove if you want to change to another floorcovering . |
| 17 | It is an island merely , a place with a history and a beautiful name , but just a place . |
| 18 | Sally Gunnell 's women 's team includes 18year-old debutante Katharine Merry , who earned her place with a 200m win over the Olympic champion yesterday , as well as Scotland 's big two Yvonne Murray ( 3,000m ) and Liz McColgan ( 10,000m ) . |
| 19 | Those two examples , both with shrouds , are little more than three-dimensional renditions of the monumental brass type , the shrouds held in place with a top-knot , the opposite end hanging *eely behind the feet . |
| 20 | Taunton is an interesting place with a castle reputedly haunted . |
| 21 | SHILDON Strollers retained their leadership of the Durham Second Division at a canter when a weakened Wingate failed to offer any real threat despite the incentive of moving into third place with a win that would have toppled the home team from the No 1 spot . |
| 22 | The last thing I want to do is to share a place with a couch potato . |
| 23 | However , the right of establishment does not imply only physical location in the country of establishment , but also that this must have taken place with a view to pursuing an economic activity . |
| 24 | Local consultation 's taken place with a view to establishing a series of centres throughout Yardley Street where members of the public can bring materials for recycling , and you have made appropriate for the materials to be collected and dealt with . |
| 25 | Davis Love III , the American , slipped from second place with a one-over-par 73 for 138 , and another American , Mark Calcavecchia , missed the cut for the second successive tournament . |
| 26 | And in the MPA event , she also got a second place with a shot of copper piping taken for Hydro Polymers at Aycliffe . |
| 27 | He never wore his turban at home , which always gave Hoomey a jolt of surprise , seeing the knee-length black hair coiled on top of his head , skewered in place with a comb . |
| 28 | Her black hair was piled in tiny ringlets , held in place with a tiara from which fell a veil of embroidered white lace . |
| 29 | If it is a minor burn it is best to place the burned area in a bowl of cold water for at least ten minutes or until the child says the pain is easing , then cover with a clean , dry , non-fluffy cloth kept in place with a bandage or a clean scarf . |
| 30 | And the only place with a lock on is the bathroom and I reckon they 'll blooming knock the blooming door down by the sound of it . |