Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] on [art] rocks " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can step across the fording on the rocks . ’ |
| 2 | On top of the general fall in the value of property pledged for various loans , and used to inflate share values , the Thames estuary land deal has put the group on the rocks . |
| 3 | The sound of his parents ' calls were muffled and then grew distant and all he could hear was the rough footfall of the man on the rocks and scree and the sound of his breathing … |
| 4 | As she listened to the faint smack of the sea on the rocks below , she thought again , regretfully , of Angus . |
| 5 | Leonora lay hugging a hot-water bottle in the noisy darkness , grateful for the warmth as she listened to the wind howling in counterpoint to the boom of the sea on the rocks below . |
| 6 | the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on the rocks slid down , but the foolish man built his house upon the sand , the foolish man built his house upon the sand , the foolish man built his house upon the sand and the rain came tumbling down |
| 7 | the rain came down and the floods came up and the house on the rocks slid down , but the foolish man built his house upon the sand , the foolish man built his house upon the sand , the foolish man built his house upon the sand and the rain came tumbling down |
| 8 | The Last Honeymoon centres around a marriage on the rocks , and its charac ters are more than mere stereotypes . |
| 9 | Duane Jackson ( Jeff Bridges ) has survived rocky adolescence and service in Korea to earn big money in the 70s boom , but as Anarene prepares for centennial celebrations , with a replica of ‘ Old Texasville ’ in the town square , he 's saddled with debts of $12 million , a marriage on the rocks and a tearaway elder son with a liking for older women . |
| 10 | This was the explanation of the beast Allen had found dying at the forest edge , its leg broken from a slip on the rocks . |
| 11 | Down in Captain Shotover 's nautical Sussex retreat , civilisation is seen as a ship on the rocks . |