Example sentences of "[noun pl] hang on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Specifically , several of his pictures hung on the walls , and one stood on an easel in the centre of the living-room . |
| 2 | It 's when I , when I went to Poland it 's not two or three years , it was nineteen seventy three and I was , I was just coming in into the church and the one Witness was with me and we were going in er big town like Cracow , you know , we were going one way and there was a couple coming erm to meet us like you know in , in , in , on the road , and he was just wearing erm jeans and no shirt , but erm a big , big wooden cross on his chest just reaching really across his chest a wooden cross and then erm a safety pin in his nose and three safety pins attached to one another through his ears and this Witness with me walking down , she says just look at this couple and the girl was , wore the same dress she , she had the top on , you know , but again all sort of queer looking and she , this Witness with me , with me so , she said just look at the two that 's er coming aga to meet us and I said yes and I looked and I said look at the cross and she says yes , it used to be , they used to hang the criminals on the crosses and now the crosses hang on the criminals is n't that lovely , and now the cross is er all the criminals instead of the cross , oh yes |
| 3 | We left our belongings hanging on the handlebars and |
| 4 | In the cafeteria of l'Ecole Polytechnique , where Christmas decorations hung on the windows , there were slightly fewer people than usual , but the photocopiers along the corridor on the second floor were quite busy , as student stood duplicating notes and articles for their exams . |
| 5 | Cloth of gold and exquisite tapestries hung on the walls , their fringes reaching down to the wooden panelling . |
| 6 | Tapestries hung on the walls and Turkey rugs covered the polished floor . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We entered a room with curtains hung on the walls . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Sedan chair ( linked to three — a tree ) : A blossom tree with sedan chairs hanging on the branches instead of flowers ; |
| 12 | It smelt of camphor as if the old clothes hanging on the racks had just been taken out of ancient chests . |
| 13 | 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 . |