to what place

Example Sentences

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"And to what place, my dear," cried the old woman, "was your mamma going when you lost her?"

From The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror by Bewick, John

One of the young Larks heard his speech, and told it to his mother, asking her to what place they should move for safety.

From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)

If we can ascertain from them to what place Leo and Mango have been carried, we must lose no time in endeavouring to release them.”

From In the Wilds of Africa by Pearse, Alfred

Not quite satisfied with his explanation, I asked him to what place the road across the little bridge led, and was told that he believed it led to an upland farm. 

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

More than once Rollo endeavoured to extract from Concha to what place her self-assumed mission was taking her, and at what point she would leave them.

From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)