Example sentences of "be hang on the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He handed her her jacket , which had been hanging on the back of her chair .
2 A little mirror had been hung on the wall of the dressing area .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 A plaque had been hung on the gates : ‘ Fierce Dog — Beware ’ .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 ‘ If I did , ’ Mandeville snapped , ‘ the murderer would be hanging on the gibbet at Smithfield ! ’
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 We will take your pledge to the Earth Summit where it will be hung on the Tree of Life itself .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 Some were hanging on the brambles and a few flat , wet clots were lying well out in open ground beyond the clump .
17 I pulled down my damp bloomers and changed them for a warm , dry pair that were hanging on the line over the fire .
18 Amongst the curiosities was a series of Tradescant portraits , which were hung on the gallery walls .
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 There are also ideas for making the picture look even more effective and attractive when it is hung on the wall .
21 A weight is hung on the end of a wire of known diameter and its change in length measured .
22 Like to catch something that was hanging on the tree , no one would catch it and hang there .
23 It was an effort to reach up for my dressing-gown which was hanging on the back of the door and I felt bitter against Richard because he did n't see that I was ill and come to help me .
24 Burton describes being ‘ between the two men I most feared ’ but nevertheless , and with all that was hanging on the part , he went back for more .
25 It was hanging on the wall , and when he applied it to the p'tar 's rump the beast screamed once , as if outraged , and then it trotted sedately out of the stall and allowed itself to be backed between the shafts of the cart .
26 It was hanging on the wall in the sitting-room but she had n't seen it the night before .
27 You know , this man who was hanging on the cross beside Jesus he had not been christened , he had n't been dedicated , he had never been to a confirmation class in his life , he had never been baptized , he had never been received into church membership he had never even gathered around the Lord 's table !
28 He walked as far as the cart , took a packet of cigarettes from his jacket that was hanging on the tailgate and stood , sullenly smoking .
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