Example sentences of "[noun sg] on [art] rocks [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The wind was blowing up the hill so I was able to ignore the thick cover on the left of the track and concentrate all my attention on the rocks to my right .
2 The 500ft Demetrius was driven ashore and broke its back on the rocks in a Force 11 gale as it was being towed to port the week before Christmas .
3 He had taken her innocence and beguiled it , filled her childish head with enthusiasm for his own mad fantasies , and left her depleted , a high-minded virgin on the rocks of her own barren dreams .
4 The Ladies of Scotland 's cookies , followed by meat loaf , succeeded by the Lady Queen Bees ' angel cake buried under cheese dips and rye on the rocks at the party , would daunt the strongest stomach .
5 He was working at present on the rocks at the north-west point , which were only accessible at low tide , or from a boat .
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