Example sentences of "[vb past] on the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The room was bare , except for the staircase , and a pair of indifferent watercolours of dead flowers that hung on the wall opposite the door . |
| 2 | This meeting with Temple was so important to him that the photograph of the group hung on the wall of his room when he died . |
| 3 | With a piercing stab of remorse at yet another misconstruction , Merrill recalled the painting she had thought belonged to Luke , which hung on the wall outside his room . |
| 4 | Rather : thin muslin sheets of brown and red were being pulled past his eyes , patterned like the blankets woven by the women , patterned like the rug that hung on the wall in his daughter 's room . |
| 5 | She could have added : ‘ least of all with you ’ and it seemed to her that the words , unspoken , hung on the air between them . |
| 6 | Cashmere sports jackets hung on the back of their chairs , insurance against an encounter with air-conditioning . |
| 7 | Mr Gillis was nick-named the Butcher because in summer he wore a white trilby hat which he hung on the back of the door of his tiny glass-walled office in the corridor just outside the gymnasium . |
| 8 | He fumbled about on the table , felt in the pockets of the odorous hawk-training jacket which hung on the back of the door , told his sister to try the cupboard . |
| 9 | Her coat hung on the back of the door , her handbag stood open on the side . |
| 10 | In the stunned silence George Felse got up , without speaking , and crossed the room to where Gus 's jacket hung on the back of a chair , turned towards the replenished fire , and steamed gently as it dried . |
| 11 | He grabbed his overcoat which hung on the inside of the door . |
| 12 | Was there a wind to swing the great plantation bell which he had brought home and hung on the oak beside the east gate ? |
| 13 | Children 's paintings hung on the gate of a timber yard , the most restrained moment of a day long protest against the tropical timber trade . |
| 14 | The sharp cold , after his warm exertions , took his breath away for a moment as he hung on the stern of the canoe , but as soon as he had recovered his breath , the Commander struck out for the shore in a strong breaststroke that did not disturb the phosphorescence more than he could help , and barely ruffled the water . |
| 15 | During the third round Sam drove the short par-4 10th green and his eagle putt hung on the lip for almost 25 seconds before dropping into the hole . |
| 16 | An employee might believe that his promotion prospects hung on the extent of his activity in pushing for trade union recognition or safety provision . |
| 17 | He moved closer to where his daughter was starting again to brush the mud from the coat that hung on the side of the kitchen dresser . |
| 18 | In the rune-friezed , banner-hung oratorium reserved for cadets the Necromundans hung on the words of crippled veteran lecturers ; and on one such occasion Lexandro learned that Valence had been correct in his seemingly blasphemous comments uttered in the scriptory … |
| 19 | The businessman was staring in angry disbelief at the glittering computer graphic that hung on the screen before him . |
| 20 | On the walls of the tombs in the cliffs above Beni Hassan are painted the meals expected in the after life , the menus marked with the number of portions required , as on cards hung on the doorknobs of hotel bedrooms to order breakfast . |
| 21 | I could not have turned my head nor moved my hands from where they hung on the straps of the rucksack . |
| 22 | In a leather purse hung on the handle of the loft door were eight bright shillings . |
| 23 | WITH nearly 20 years of trouble-free driving behind me , I was relatively confident and assured when I switched on the ignition for my first lesson in advanced driving . |
| 24 | As he switched on the torchlight on the dashboard and began to study the Glory 's manual , Jack again thought of Tina 's angry reaction to the idea that the Ram and Shepherd names might be linked . |
| 25 | I thought about it for the prescribed two days , chanting , ‘ How do I get her to sign the form ? — How do I get her to sign the form ? ’ , then switched on the wireless in the middle of a biblical play about Moses and God 's voice boomed out of the speakers : |
| 26 | Alone in my cabin , then I got comfortable , put all troublesome thoughts out of my mind , and switched on the vid to one of the best of what the vid expressively calls it Everlasting Serials . |
| 27 | Josie switched on the lights for the department 's makeup mirror , and Lucy winced as the brightness hit her . |
| 28 | While long-standing fans either relished it or waited patiently for them to return to straightforward indie pop , more than a few older folk fans switched on the enigma of The Wedding Present . |
| 29 | Each morning he first switched on the power for his terminal . |
| 30 | She switched on the television without looking up . |