Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] the wall " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was examining a few canvases stacked against the wall but she looked up at his question . |
| 2 | Ramps have been built and large ‘ garage door ’ openings bashed through the walls . |
| 3 | But to have to sit here and pretend interest in an endless parade of painted mannequins wearing bored looks and the ridiculous fashions he 'd already glimpsed in the huge sketches plastered on the wall as decorations — Nicolo shifted again . |
| 4 | He had a close view of one of the pictures painted on the wall that he had not noticed before . |
| 5 | Hundreds of voices whispered from the walls , the ceiling and the floors . |
| 6 | Dustsheets covered all the furniture and were draped over the pictures stacked against the wall . |
| 7 | Melissa led the way , easing herself between the car and an assortment of garden implements ranged along the wall . |
| 8 | Wallmounted lights ( including lighting bricks set into the wall ) are a good choice for steps , while post-mounted lights , bollard-type lights or low-level lanterns are good for paths . |
| 9 | Their screams stuck in the wall |
| 10 | From where she stood , working access to the most inner room had been via remote control arms and full-sized plastic window-suits set in the wall with their own flexi-corridors that stretched out behind the deeper the technician moved into the room . |
| 11 | Many stores were as small as 500 sq ft — about the size of the corner shops which they still resembled — but as the big boys got bigger the small shops went to the wall . |
| 12 | Well they were usually a line of kids standing along the wall or something and one set out in the middle of the field and then you had to touch them and then you 'd be back to the wall and they had to do it . |
| 13 | The first class was a horror — rows of pretty faces with eyes glued to the wall length mirrors and feet stuck to one spot on the floor . |
| 14 | Inside the chapel , the only light comes from the two glowing valves screwed to the wall one each side of the picture of God with his finger pointing up . |
| 15 | The shock waves travelled through the wall and slammed into our heads and then there was silence as the dismembered vehicle fell through the air . |
| 16 | They too ignored me when they blustered in — hearty gusts of wind through the door ; false laughter echoing in the rafters ; shrieks bouncing off the walls . |
| 17 | riders smoke outside the Wall of Death ; |
| 18 | It was no more than a wooden shed , with shelves layered round the walls , and a counter . |
| 19 | A stout woman , whom Petion had spoken to a moment ago , indicated that they should sit on the scraggy cushions situated around the walls . |
| 20 | Poisoned wells , putrid carcases slung over the walls . |
| 21 | You go to the bed , put down the umbrella and start looking in the drawers and cupboards built into the wall units surrounding the head of the bed . |
| 22 | The personnel man has seven awards or competence certificates and two fulsome farewell parchments framed on the walls of his office . |
| 23 | The amount of tax coming in every year has dropped by £30 billion , with companies going to the wall and millions of people losing their jobs and claiming dole . |
| 24 | It was upstairs again , and now twenty-past eight , and she was informed by her apparent new friend that they had to join a small team to clean the toilets , which meant bringing the buckets down stairs , emptying them in the larger buckets arrayed along the wall by a side door ; then wash out each utensil under a pump and return it to its particular cubicle . |
| 25 | Alternatively , fix with masonry nails direct to the wall , nailing through the back section of the frame , which will be covered by panels . |
| 26 | impaled , and genitals nailed to the wall ? |
| 27 | Thousands of companies went to the wall . |
| 28 | A series of horizontal wires fixed to the wall 12″ ( 30cm ) apart is the best support and both rose and pyracantha should be tied in securely and checked regularly . |
| 29 | Adjacent to La Rive is the Wine Room , a private dining area with a large central table and bottles stored around the walls . |
| 30 | Now and again , however , we caught glimpses of its Templar past : black Beauce crosses printed on the walls which the passage of time had not faded ; old arrow slits through which you could glimpse the snowy fields beyond ; small gargoyles , some depicting wyverns or dragons , others the faces of long-dead knights . |