Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] hang on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It smelt of camphor as if the old clothes hanging on the racks had just been taken out of ancient chests . |
| 2 | He looked at the springy , sharp-edged lawn , the borders of stocks and pansies backed by honeysuckle and late roses , the baskets of purple trailing lobelias , red geraniums and white alyssum hanging on the walls . |
| 3 | As soon as he entered , Athelstan sensed it was a woman 's chamber : hand-woven tapestries hung on the walls , one depicting a golden dragon locked in combat with a silver wyvern . |
| 4 | Cloth of gold and exquisite tapestries hung on the walls , their fringes reaching down to the wooden panelling . |
| 5 | At one place they visited , Moccas Court , in Herefordshire , home of the Cornwall family , she was able to tell the curator who formerly worked for the Ropner family at Thorp Perrow , near Bedale all about the people whose impressive portraits hung on the walls . |
| 6 | Squeeze your fist … study the feelings of tension this creates … learn what it is like now to have this experience of tension in the fist … [ after approximately five seconds ] … and now relax … let go of all the tension just allow your fingers to fall with gravity … you may experience a slight tingling effect as the muscles relax … feel the fingers and hand becoming heavier and heavier … feeling as though someone has just placed a glove made of lead on your hand … causing the whole hand to feel heavy , heavy as lead … the muscles sinking down dead weight hanging on the bones of the hand … |
| 7 | Tapestries bearing heraldic devices hung on the walls , and medieval artefacts including statuettes , shields and facsimile books of hours , were displayed on strategically positioned tables . |
| 8 | Three photos of her dead son hang on the walls of their council terraced house . |