31.   The place is packed with kitchen utensils, gadgets, appliances, baking equipment and glassware.

32.   The place was packed with Brazilians who had paid their way in.

33.   The place was packed with funny-sounding New Englanders eager to get a glimpse at what everybody kept claiming was the future.

34.   The place is packed for lunch and dinner, with professionals crowding into a territory that just months ago was the turf of bums and petty criminals.

35.   The place is usually packed, but the cakes, pies and pastries are worth the wait.

36.   The places are packed, day and night.

37.   The place is packed at night.

38.   The place was packed to the rafters.

39.   The place was packed, the band was jamming and food and beverages were being liberally consumed.