1.   Short-term contracts can mean only two or three years in one place before a new job on a different continent beckons.

2.   Stand the wine bottle up for a few hours in a warm place before drinking.

3.   Surround meat with thin sheets of fat and tie into A place before roasting.

4.   The murder had apparently taken place before our very eyes.

5.   The Prince took his customary place before the plain white Marble fireplace.

6.   History is taking place before your very eyes.

7.   The championship fight took place before a crowd of thousands.

8.   The frenetic rush to get every member of the cast in place before the curtain went up.

9.   The guard must be in place before operating the meat slicer.

10.   With nimble fingers, Eleanor put the remaining flowers in place before rolling the newspaper into a neat parcel which she carried into the vestry.