Example sentences of "hang there [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This one just hung there like a kite on an invisible string and then fell on its prey like a stone , somewhere in another field . |
| 2 | In part this was due to an acute awareness of his own awkwardness as a speaker ; the stuttering circumlocutions , the ers and ahs , leading inexorably to a pained silence , or the word that always hung there like a tail , ‘ Anyway … ’ . |
| 3 | When the penis is flaccid it hangs there like the last chicken in Sainsbury 's . |
| 4 | where his right hand , he 's a very confident music reader and plays but his left hand he 's merely sort of hangs there like a claw and plays the odd chord |
| 5 | But this picture hung there on my wall with the depth and serenity of a new world . |
| 6 | The gear had held and I hung there for a moment , taking stock . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The needle crept steadily up to Mach .99 and hung there for several seconds . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It hung there for a moment . |
| 11 | The drum grew louder in the final roll , the flautists blew steadily , keying up anticipation , and the rattle fell silent as Dulé took one step with his other foot and left the ground , then hand over hand into the air shinned up the free-standing ladder till he alighted at the tenth rung and hung there like a heron on a breakwater at home , it seemed to Kit , even as he asked himself in wonder , what unearthly magic 's here ? |
| 12 | Part of the time it just hung there in the water , not even the tip of a fin moving . |
| 13 | I used to walk between the two parts of the building — that is between my studio/study and the main house — and stare up at the pulley that hangs over the hall , an imitation of the one that hung there in the days when a real miller hoisted his sacks of grain . |
| 14 | The question hung there in the cool air of the mountainside , the whole world seemingly silent and listening . |
| 15 | They hung there in the sky like faces of fire looking down on the island , like something waiting . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I like to think my name will be hanging there for prosperity . |
| 18 | They were still hanging there on their plastic covers — the classic suits , the dateless dresses , with the shoes , always plain courts , racked neatly beneath them . |
| 19 | It was like a rainbow in a way but it was far softer and more frail , hanging there in the mist like some ray of home . |
| 20 | ‘ Just hanging there from one of the beams , swaying as free as a leaf in the wind . |