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Meanings of seek sanctuary in anglès

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Usage of seek sanctuary in anglès
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And The Fiver might not need to seek sanctuary on the Circle Line.
The Guardian
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Loreto was the second immigrant to seek sanctuary at Southside Presbyterian.
Reuters
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In the old days outlaws were able to seek sanctuary in a church.
Depths
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The students are about to seek sanctuary at an Auckland church.
Radio NZ
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I can always seek sanctuary in Panama, or someplace, if they convict me.
The illuminatus! trilogy
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Seeing few options, I decided to seek sanctuary with Galimore.
Flash and Bones
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Others follow what is becoming a well-worn route up through Europe to seek sanctuary there.
BBC
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Might he seek sanctuary in some place of business?
To Die in Italbar
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Nine Indian students trying to avoid deportation will seek sanctuary in an Auckland church tonight.
Radio NZ
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The hullabaloo coming from her neighbour's back garden had forced her to seek sanctuary indoors.
The Irish Times
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Couldn't they see that the Phelan had no choice but to seek sanctuary around Sol?
The Sails of Tau Ceti
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In the mid-afternoon people seek sanctuary from the heat and the noise of the street.
The Guardian
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They landed near the palace of the Spanish embassy; and here Bibboni meant to seek sanctuary.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
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Dost thou seek sanctuary after these sad doings?
The Armourer's Prentices
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Here the thief and the assassin seek sanctuary; it is a city of refuge for lost souls.
In the Footprints of the Padres
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She had had to seek sanctuary, and the Doyle house had been the only sanctuary she knew.
A Poor Wise Man
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