Example sentences of "hang a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very easy to put the apostles on a sort of Olympic rostrum , and think that God will hang a gold medal round Paul 's neck , while we get some kind of lesser award . |
| 2 | a rope you could hang a man from , you 're seeing its tail . |
| 3 | ‘ You could hang a man with it , ’ he thought . |
| 4 | Disabled and older patients who experience difficulty when rising from a chair will like most people , have their ‘ special ’ chair at home , out of which they can rise relatively easily , and on which they may hang a walking stick to help with safe rising . |
| 5 | ‘ Most men I know would hang a title round their necks for the whole world to see ! ’ |
| 6 | He was part of a new phenomenon : twentyish actors on whom a studio could hang a flick , stars to match the new , young movie audience . |
| 7 | He looked as if someone had just hung a mop on his nose . |
| 8 | Over his shoulder was hung a canvas bag which contained all his worldly possessions , and close to his left heel trotted a black and white collie . |
| 9 | ( Andrew speaks of Rhodes as if he might walk through the door ; and in the corner of the living-room hangs a pencil portrait , autographed , of ‘ The Founder ’ . ) |
| 10 | Behind it on the wall hangs a painting by Robert Colquhoun which Minton bequeathed to the Royal College . |
| 11 | Unfortunately a fourth hangs a tea-towel over the window at this point , obscuring my view . |
| 12 | ‘ Wing-winnowing lark with speckled breast … ’ 'The lark with sudden impulse starts and sings/ and mid the smoking rain/ quivers her russet wings … ’ 'Till mixing with the vapour 's dun/ he 's lost in valleys of the sun … ’ 'Then hangs a dust spot in the sunny skies/ and drops and drops . ’ |
| 13 | At the heart of the square , 24 hours a day , old women sing hymns to a statue of the Virgin , below which hangs a list of the 14 Lithuanians killed by Soviet troops on January 13th . |
| 14 | On her side of the shop hangs a notice : ‘ I finished the Malta ½ Marathon in 2.55 . |
| 15 | Thereby hangs a tale . |
| 16 | So there by hangs a tale . |
| 17 | The weight of bureaucracy still hangs a trifle heavy . |
| 18 | The weight of bureaucracy still hangs a trifle heavy . |
| 19 | On the transverse beam hangs a Calvary of 1621 by Daniel Altman von Eydenburk . |
| 20 | We no longer hang a man because , in despair for his family , he steals a sheep or a loaf of bread . |
| 21 | We hang a thief for stealing a sheep ; but the unchastity of a woman transfers sheep , and farm and all , from the right owner . |
| 22 | Yeah they hang a bit more erm evenly . |
| 23 | Right erm hang a left . |
| 24 | On Coetzee 's decline and fall in Section C of the Security Branch there hang a number of tales . |
| 25 | On the walls hang a series of paintings by Christian Dittman , 1669 , and several works from the important Rudolfine court circle , including a triptych by Hans von Aachen . |
| 26 | once declared that if you hang a lamb chop in the window the whole town will come running . |
| 27 | An animal lover , who tried to stop a gang hanging a cat from a tree , was punched and kicked before he could rescue it . |
| 28 | During the heyday of the fair it was the right of every villager to brew and sell his own beer , and he advertised the fact by hanging a branch or piece of greenery over his door . |
| 29 | A change of appearance was like hanging a net over a mirror , she had the same eyes but consoled herself by looking at herself differently . |
| 30 | Ordinary kitchens are ‘ customised ’ by hanging a choice of door styles onto a standard frame , a practice known as ‘ front-framing ’ . |