Example sentences of "hang [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wife is a large impressive woman ( ‘ quantity of bone , neck and nostrils like a rocking-horse , hard features , majestic head-dress in which Podsnap has hung golden offerings ’ ) . |
| 2 | On the walls were hung religious pictures of Christ with a glowing heart . |
| 3 | On Twelfth Night wassailers hang toasted bread on their most productive apple tree to attract the robins which are traditionally held to be good spirits . |
| 4 | In all of them hang net curtains . |
| 5 | Hang heavy curtains or curtains with thermal linings . |
| 6 | On such slender threads hang small fortunes and great acquisitions . |
| 7 | Below the dado rails hang crossed pairs of pistols , the rest of the room furnished with punt guns on swivels , hunting flags , bear rugs and ornate glass-topped tables to show the more precious pieces . |
| 8 | Sixth operation — ( a ) finishers hang sliding doors , corridor parting and end doors , lavatory doors , fit squab and photo frames , compartment quarter panels , pillar facings , ‘ hit-and-miss ’ vent regulators and compartment vent lights , and welt door mouldings ; also fit cornice mouldings . |
| 9 | It made me think of that voodoo thing which hangs round graveyards and wears a top hat . ’ |
| 10 | Rhodes considered that there had been an improved performance in services which were the sole responsibility of either the GLC or the boroughs : but of those services which were shared ‘ only the group of transportation functions seems to show any marked advantages ; over both housing and planning there hang certain question marks ’ ( Rhodes 1972:468 ) . |
| 11 | These questions should properly be the subject of extensive research and debate , since on the answers hang decisive issues of antiracist strategy . |
| 12 | One sat silently at home in old jeans and unevenly hanging long crêpey shirts , splashed with murky black and purple flowers . |
| 13 | She hung old cotton sheets around her Sunday dress , her pleated terylene skirt . |
| 14 | On the day I fished the Tarn , however , a long summer heatwave and a freak wind had brought algae up from the lake bottom so that they hung ill suspension , turning the lake the colour of pea soup . |
| 15 | Behind her eyelids hung retinal afterfires of the meanings ' beauty . |
| 16 | On each side of this , hung blue-and-white check curtains , which were now drawn , to shut in the friends met to enjoy themselves . |
| 17 | Around the walls of the Sligo library hung framed pages of a magazine named Broadsheet , dated 1903 . |
| 18 | On the wall hung beautiful diagrams in the manner of Leonardo da Vinci of the musculature of limbs and the action of levers . |
| 19 | At the side was a large gateway having two massive pillars from which hung double gates , each measuring some six feet in height by eight feet in width and constructed of heavy matchboard . |
| 20 | Around the walls on hooks hung antique épées , foils , sabres , and daggers , as well as stone drinking steins decorated with double-headed eagles , fylfots , and tusked boars ' heads . |
| 21 | On the walls hung faded photos of legionnaires drilling on parade grounds , jumping out of aeroplanes and marching across deserts . |
| 22 | All about Ruth , in her grotto , hung weird pictures , bits of stained glass , bells and draperies . |
| 23 | She spread the bed with a blue and crimson Indian blanket , put up lampshades , hung blue curtains . |
| 24 | Above us hung new crystal chandeliers announcing the growing wealth of the place . |
| 25 | If these are not in the right position for your track , you can make fixings with special plasterboard plugs , but you should then avoid hanging heavy curtains . |
| 26 | Or try installing a length of the famous Shaker pegged wall-rail for hanging small cupboards , shelves , mirrors and even chairs . |
| 27 | Sitting on the tall range , its small legs sticking out over the bright brass rail which acted both as a safety barrier round the hotplates and as a place to hang grubby kitchen towels , the small attendant 's face was almost at the same level as the human 's . |
| 28 | The other half wants to hang dependent clauses ; like ‘ Americans will tell anything to an Englishman with a camera poking over his right shoulder when they are trapped on a long distance train . ’ |
| 29 | We also have a few little phrases in the UN 's so-called Global Plan of Action for Marine Mammals which give us a small hook on which to hang international actions for the benefits of both whales and seals . |
| 30 | The central question I want to use as a peg on which to hang various theories is , ‘ Why are so few Christians aware of the direct threat of modernity to the Christian church ? ’ |