Usage examples of "sur place" in French with translation to English

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Le détective recueillit son témoignage sur place. The detective took down his testimony on the spot.
Des centaines de personnes se trouvaient sur place. Hundreds of people were on the spot.
J'étais sur place quand il a eu une attaque cardiaque. I was on the spot when he had a heart attack.
À emporter ou à consommer sur place ? For here, or to go?
J'ai porté une valise, mais l'autre a été laissée sur place. I carried one bag, but the other one was left behind.
Le cambrioleur fut détecté par l'une des choses qu'il avait laissée sur place. The burglar was traced by one of the things he had left on the scene.
La cambrioleuse fut détectée par l'une des choses qu'elle avait laissée sur place. The burglar was traced by one of the things she had left on the scene.
Si tu veux arrêter un homme sur place, colle-lui un coup de pied dans les testicules. If you want to stop a man dead in his tracks, kick him in the balls.
Ce qui m'a le plus surpris dans cet accident c'est la rapidité avec laquelle les avocats sont arrivés sur place. What surprised me most about that accident is how fast the lawyers arrived on the scene.
On sonna donc du cor. Dès que le peuple l'entendit, il poussa un formidable cri, et le rempart s'écroula sur place. Aussitôt, les Israélites s'élancèrent à l'assaut de la ville, chacun droit devant soi, et ils s'en emparèrent. Ils exterminèrent par l'épée pour les vouer à l'Éternel hommes et femmes, enfants et vieillards, taureaux, moutons et ânes: tout ce qui vivait dans la ville. When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city. They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.
La potence était déjà dressée sur la place. The gallows were already standing on the square.
Nous nous sommes retrouvés sur la place Broglie. We met at the place Brogolie.
Regarde ce poteau sur la place. Look at that pole in the square.
Il y a de nombreux pigeons sur la place publique. There are many pigeons in the City Square.
Un soir, cependant, lorsque Miss Baker revint au collège quelques minutes avant l'heure où tous les étudiants devaient être rentrés, elle trouva une voiture sur sa place de parking. One evening, however, when Miss Baker got back to the college a few minutes before the time by which all students had to be in, she found another car in her parking space.
Elle a garé sa voiture sur une place libre. She parked her car in a vacant lot.
Elle gara sa voiture sur une place libre. She parked her car in a vacant lot.
Lucie fut témoin d'un meurtre sur la principale place de Florence. Lucy witnessed a murder in the main square of Florence.
Ton nom se tient en première place sur ma liste. Your name stands first on my list.
Ton nom figure en première place sur ma liste. Your name stands first on my list.
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