Example sentences of "hung on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The linoleum tiles in the middle area of the floor were rimmed by some new type of carpet , there was a false ceiling and false blinds had been hung on the walls . |
| 2 | In Dudley , the place of his first ministry , his preaching was so popular that the people not only filled the church , but also hung on the windows and the ‘ leads ’ to hear him . |
| 3 | In the dust of the great Ein Helweh Palestinian camp just east of Sidon , cheap copies of Roberts ' prints — of Nablus , of Hebron , of Jericho and Jerusalem — are hung on the cement walls of refugee shacks , behind uncleaned glass , sometimes held in place by Scotch tape and glue . |
| 4 | In the main part of the building the paintings are hung on the first and second floors . |
| 5 | The bodymaker passed the doors to the finishers , who in turn passed them on to the french polishers ; the doors then moved along to those whose work it was to hang them in position , the operations being so arranged that the polished door was completed just at the point where it was to be hung on the coach . |
| 6 | She said how the old people 's sitting room had been livened up when a few pictures of old Barnsley had been hung on the walls . |
| 7 | Happily Herbert had eventually trotted off and to Amy 's distress had been seen no more , although his lead still hung on the caravan door , a limp reminder of her bereavement . |
| 8 | As far as the extent of this limited edition being only 200 is concerned , my only reservations are outlined above : namely that a guitar is designed to be used and not coveted wholly as an objet d'art to be hung on the wall , which I suspect is exactly where the bulk of these models are likely to end up . |
| 9 | The TV is regarded as the next generation of home sets , with a flat screen that can be hung on the wall like a picture . |
| 10 | Amongst the curiosities was a series of Tradescant portraits , which were hung on the gallery walls . |
| 11 | It seemed that everything in the championship really hung on the reliability of each driver 's car . |
| 12 | A little mirror had been hung on the wall of the dressing area . |
| 13 | There are also ideas for making the picture look even more effective and attractive when it is hung on the wall . |
| 14 | There are other accessories you can use to increase the impact of the picture , including cords , tassels and ribbons that could be added to pictures when they are hung on the wall . |
| 15 | For those of us not lucky enough to have a workshop , it 's an invaluable portable work bench which can be hung on the garage wall , and fits in the car . |
| 16 | The words had hung on the air , heavy with innuendo , and an act of simple kindness had been spoiled . |
| 17 | Hastily he redirected his attention towards the circular screen that he had hung on the wall in place of an oil painting of some horned , scaly jungle monster . |
| 18 | The three winners ' works will be hung on the apparently dreary corridors of the BBC Television Centre . |
| 19 | His jackets were hung on the backs of chairs , his triumphantly acquired groceries were stacked in the sitting-room , his cigar butts filled the ashtrays and his glasses had made rings on the surface of the poolside table . |
| 20 | In retrospect , the techniques that have given molecular biology its pace have hung on the principle that life , which has evolved the manipulative techniques by which it is itself sustained , must also embody the techniques for which laboratories cry out . |
| 21 | Even punk , once the rhetoric about dole queues , anarchy and Sten guns in Knightsbridge had been exhausted , had become just one more uniform to be hung on the clothesrail of British pop culture , to be dusted down nostalgically on anniversaries . |
| 22 | A great deal hung on the relationship participants were able to establish , and in this any status differential could prove problematic . |
| 23 | A plaque had been hung on the gates : ‘ Fierce Dog — Beware ’ . |
| 24 | We will take your pledge to the Earth Summit where it will be hung on the Tree of Life itself . |
| 25 | As far as I know , Sainsburys have n't yet taken that decision they 've they 've hung on the brink for more than six months now . |
| 26 | The latter so impressed George II that he had it hung on the walls of his apartment , and it was being printed as late as 1821 . |
| 27 | Gleizes and Metzinger stressed that Cubist painting had no specifically decorative function , and that it did not attain its full meaning only when hung on the wall at eye level . |
| 28 | Hung on the back wall were half-a-dozen milky seascapes . |
| 29 | A weight is hung on the end of a wire of known diameter and its change in length measured . |
| 30 | If paintings or prints are to be hung on the walls it is important to work out beforehand where they are going to go , and to make sure that battens are fixed in these particular areas . |