Example sentences of "hang [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 Someone was hanged yesterday for killing someone .
2 Of what hangs here for ever
3 The gear had held and I hung there for a moment , taking stock .
4 The last gleam of sun touched the ruined battlements as they watched , hung there for a moment like a tattered cloth caught on a briar , and was gone .
5 The needle crept steadily up to Mach .99 and hung there for several seconds .
6 He hung there for a second before slithering sideways , and as he slipped towards the ground the seladang hooked blindly at his body , knocking it this way and that , until one of its long horns caught and held .
7 It hung there for a moment .
8 In Lancaster , where I 'd come out , there had always been a mixed scene ; in many places outside the big towns , most of the lesbians and gay men continued to hang together for at least part of the time because there did n't seem enough of us to consider doing much else .
9 Lastly she went to hang her towel and arrange her toiletries in the bathroom , only to find several thick towels of varying sizes already hanging there for her use , and an array of soaps , lotions and hygiene products that made her own cheaply bought things seem scarcely worthy of being unpacked .
10 I like to think my name will be hanging there for prosperity .
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