Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] rest on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With my cheek resting on the worn linoleum things came back into focus almost at once . |
| 2 | And , miraculously , there was little resistance and I stared in disbelief as the great organ disappeared gloriously and wonderfully from sight I was right behind it with my arm , probing frantically away up to the shoulder as I rotated my wrist again and again till both uterine cornua were fully involuted Ben I was certain beyond doubt that everything was back in place I lay there for a few moments , my arm still deep inside the sow , my forehead resting on the floor . |
| 3 | Her neck rested on the top curve of the seat and this lifted her mouth as if for kissing . |
| 4 | She lay with her head resting on the inside of his thigh , and held his limp prick loosely between her tired lips . |
| 5 | Felicity was lying with her head resting on the back of her chair , gazing up at the ceiling , her long legs stretched across her desk . |
| 6 | After he 'd gone Sarella sat still for a few moments with her head resting on the chair-back . |
| 7 | Tom Fish looked back over his shoulder with a grin and a wink for his friends as his hand slid down the curve of her back to rest on the plump roundness of her buttocks . |
| 8 | Once more her argument rests on the potential of self-evaluation to influence change . |
| 9 | Because the widespread poverty of older women and the penury experienced by some groups among them derive to a considerable extent from the operation of social and economic policies within patriarchal capitalism , any major change in their status rests on the development of alternative policies . |
| 10 | Jelka went across and knelt over her , letting her hand rest on the woman 's arm . |
| 11 | Their power rests on the continuing ability of the old world to refuse to think , see or care about the Third World . |
| 12 | None the less the emperor decides against the hopeful beneficiary , and he asserts that his decision rests on the testator 's intention . |
| 13 | By his recommendation he implies that a reasonable investigation has been made and that his recommendation rests on the conclusions based on that investigation . |
| 14 | The student begins with his right foot forward , with most of his weight resting on the left leg . |
| 15 | By far the most famous of these clerical judges is Henry Bracton : he died in 1268 as chancellor of Exeter cathedral , but he had served in the meanwhile as a justice in eyre , a judge on assize , and from 1248 to 1257 on the King 's Bench and on the king 's council ; his fame rests on the fact that not only was he the foremost jurist of his age and possessed of an extensive and precise knowledge of Roman law but he was also credited with the authorship of The Laws and Customs of England which became — in the words of Dorothy Stenton — ‘ the Bible of the coming legal generation ’ . |
| 16 | His fame rests on the flurry of tracts he published in his last years , and little is known of his background . |
| 17 | Taff said sleepily as he stood up , then leaned over the side of the trench , his head resting on the grass . |
| 18 | His head rested on the pillow at an unusual angle , the chin tilted abnormally high , so that , from the foot of the bed , Richard was looking into the dark pits of his nostrils . |
| 19 | He went to sleep as he stood there , clutching his glass , his forehead resting on the windowpane . |
| 20 | Then he slipped his hand into the glove compartment of his car till his finger rested on the heavy rubber casing of a torch . |
| 21 | His argument rested on the fact that in ‘ the real world ’ people had conversations about books . |
| 22 | Stephen lay flat , gazing out at the patterns of sunlight , his chin resting on the backs of his hands . |
| 23 | His chin rested on the top of her hair , and his breath stirred its tendrils . |
| 24 | He pressed up close , his hand resting on the slope of her thigh . |
| 25 | He had ended his own life , but in the cold had remained crouched , his hand resting on the hilt of the blade which he had pushed into his heart . |
| 26 | Just let your , let your foot rest on the floor , Anna . |
| 27 | Your weight rests on the balls of your feet , not on the heels , so the calves are under tension . |
| 28 | Women drop in unexpectedly to see how your Plava compares with theirs — it has to be good , your reputation rests on the Pesach ( Passover ) Plava . |