Example sentences of "gave on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It gave on to a shadowed court whose centrepiece was an orrery on a stone plinth . |
| 2 | She glanced towards the window to catch a glimpse of Mrs Hollidaye 's car but the windows , though clear glass , gave on to an enclosed garden with bare rose bushes poking up like black twigs through the slush . |
| 3 | In order to house his family the King had divided up many of the larger rooms , and the different floors had been connected by narrow spiral staircases which gave on to gloomy corridors badly lit by oil lamps . |
| 4 | One of these , the Salle des Maréchaux , the principal reception room whose first floor windows with their balcony gave on to the gardens ( facing the Place de la took place within it could be watched by those who were not participating . |
| 5 | gave on to a blind drop |
| 6 | The double windows , divided by twin columns , are the most pleasing thing in the room , with simply sculpted capitals , of a demon , the head of Christ , animals , birds , stars and flowers ; these , like the door between them , once gave on to the cloister , and it is nice to know that they will do so again , once that vital adjunct has been rebuilt . |
| 7 | One vast hall of columns gave on to another as the temple rose in long slow ramps towards the inner sanctuaries : seven chapels dedicated to seven gods . |
| 8 | The window gave on to a small lead roof beyond whose parapet I could see the topmost branches of the elm tree , the ornate brick chimneys of my own House — School House . |
| 9 | A short half-landing gave on to passageways to different parts of the house . |
| 10 | The room was long and plain , stretching down to french windows which gave on to a railed veranda and a view of the gardens and river beyond . |
| 11 | It was propped against the end-post of a break in the wall , the same break that gave on to the cottage steps which Forester had passed before . |
| 12 | From the iron gates that gave on to the road the palace was visible through tall plane tress , but it was not easily accessible . |
| 13 | To the left there was a small boat-house whose locked doors gave on to the river . |
| 14 | Before the British destroyed the surrounding buildings in 1857 , the Naqqar Khana gave on to an enclosed courtyard leading up to the Diwan-i-am , the forty-pillared Hall of Public Audience , the site of the Imperial Durbars . |
| 15 | Everything was empty , the lawn , the loch , the heavy dove-coloured sky , everything except for the break in the shrubs where the garden gave on to the water and where her mother now stood , leaning on her stick , screaming for her . |
| 16 | At the end of the rose garden an iron gate between grey stone pillars gave on to the fields beyond . |
| 17 | Another hill-top gave on to more hills . |
| 18 | Once inside , they found themselves facing a glass door , which gave on to the college garden . |
| 19 | He led the way swiftly and quietly to the exit which gave on to the quadrangle . |
| 20 | All around him , squatting on the ground , were his followers ; and beyond them , around the outskirts and blocking up the mouths of the little streets which gave on to the square , was a wider , more disinterested audience . |
| 21 | The view here gave on to a terraced garden within the walls . |
| 22 | Its long windows , their shutters fastened back , gave on to the patio . |