Example sentences of "[coord] rested [pron] [noun pl] on the " in BNC.

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1 Jane reached out and rested her fingers on the back of his hand .
2 Holding her head high , she went over to the rail and rested her fingers on the chrome , looking out over the sparkling , sun-streaked water .
3 She put down the bread knife and rested her hands on the table .
4 And when he came into the Pincushion Room and rested his elbows on the window-ledge , he would look out of the window at the garden bright with midsummer sun or bathed in moonlight and think , all this is mine , that garden , that fruit cage within the flint walls , that lake , the Little Wood , as far as I can see on either side of me and in front of the house and behind , all that is mine …
5 Slinging his mac over the back of a pew he sat down and rested his feet on the one in front .
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