Example sentences of "[noun sg] hang on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a dining-room , its vast table formed of two carved stone pillars supporting a smoked-glass top , and there was a bedroom with a display of silver-topped toilet jars , and a fragile lacy négligé hanging on the door . |
| 2 | Suddenly the memory of the négligé hanging on the door in Luke 's house and Elise 's painting in the corridor outside his room struck a chill . |
| 3 | ‘ To this end we are pursuing NAMAS accreditation with all due speed and determination and expect to have the certificate hanging on the way by August 1993 . ’ |
| 4 | From the top drawer of her chest-of-drawers she took a pad and went to fetch her biro from the handbag hanging on the back of the door . |
| 5 | Leave a crust of blood hanging on the nails |
| 6 | You start , as I said , with the claw weight hanging on the edge of the knitting . |
| 7 | Squeeze your fist … study the feelings of tension this creates … learn what it is like now to have this experience of tension in the fist … [ after approximately five seconds ] … and now relax … let go of all the tension just allow your fingers to fall with gravity … you may experience a slight tingling effect as the muscles relax … feel the fingers and hand becoming heavier and heavier … feeling as though someone has just placed a glove made of lead on your hand … causing the whole hand to feel heavy , heavy as lead … the muscles sinking down dead weight hanging on the bones of the hand … |
| 8 | A great deal hung on the relationship participants were able to establish , and in this any status differential could prove problematic . |
| 9 | In a leather purse hung on the handle of the loft door were eight bright shillings . |
| 10 | They paused to stare at a cistern hanging on the wall next to a wash basin , the rest of the house having disappeared . |
| 11 | One of the keys to his very particular philosophy hangs on the wall of his office at Scottish Life . |
| 12 | The sun-and-moon chart hangs on the kitchen cupboard , where we can consult it . |
| 13 | ‘ For Christ 's sake , Pat , not the big fat rabbit that was in the hutch hanging on the wall at the back of the house ? ’ |
| 14 | Wrapping herself in the pink kimono hanging on the back of the bedroom door , she went softly down the stairs to the kitchen . |
| 15 | In the late afternoon , with the red sun setting and the dust from the caravans crossing the plain hanging on the air , the whole edifice looked like a monolith rising out of the depths of a brooding red sea . |
| 16 | This meeting with Temple was so important to him that the photograph of the group hung on the wall of his room when he died . |
| 17 | A roller towel hung on the door . |
| 18 | A rectangle of cardboard hung on the door announcing that the shop was due to open at nine o'clock . |
| 19 | The Ministry of Economic Warfare hung on the periphery and stirred the witches ' brew . |
| 20 | The heavy rain had subsided during the morning , but the pavements were still wet underfoot and a fine haze of moisture hung on the wintry air . |
| 21 | The clothes , the buildings , the pitch and intonation of voices speaking Amharic ; the smell of rancid butter , of red peppers and burning cow dung that permeated the town ; the packs of savage dogs that roamed the streets and whose howling rose and fell through the night ; an occasional corpse hanging on the gallows-tree ; beggars who had lost a hand or foot for theft ; debtors and creditors wandering round chained together ; strings of donkeys bringing in firewood ; caravans of mules ; the crowded market where men and women squatted on the ground , selling earthen pots , lengths of cloths , skins , cartridges , bars of salt , silver ornaments , heaps of grain , vegetables , beer — all this combined to create a scene and an atmosphere unlike any other in the world . |
| 22 | He found her new white Christmas-present nightdress hanging on the back of the dressing-room door , and heaved her into it , then opened the bed , and pushed her between the sheets . |
| 23 | The pot hangs on the end of a rope and when in contact with the water makes a disinfecting solution of chlorine . |
| 24 | In the stunned silence George Felse got up , without speaking , and crossed the room to where Gus 's jacket hung on the back of a chair , turned towards the replenished fire , and steamed gently as it dried . |
| 25 | An embroidered sampler hung on the wall , A BOY 'S BEST FRIEND IS HIS MOTHER . |
| 26 | In this new position he could see a picture of a woman hanging on the wall opposite . |
| 27 | A nation 's survival as a free , independent , and self-respecting entity hangs on the ability of its people to nourish and protect themselves ; to provide the means of building and maintaining healthy minds in healthy bodies , and to develop the enterprise , resilience , and determination to surmount natural disasters and adapt to ever-changing conditions . |
| 28 | A notice hung on the gate and he read the words in the beam of the headlamps : DANGER . |
| 29 | Tristan was not in the sitting room but a haze of smoke hung on the air and a reek like a garden bonfire prickled in my nostrils . |
| 30 | Maybe the children could make a notice to hang on the hall doors — STRICTLY NO ADMITTANCE EXCEPT TO THESEUS AND ADVISERS ( adapted as appropriate , and put up with staff agreement ) . |