Example sentences of "[noun] that hung over " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could still recall the sense of dread that hung over him for days as he waited to be thrashed for that escapade . |
| 2 | The time difference between London and Mexico City is six hours , and because we had been travelling with the sun , it was still quite high in the sky as we descended into the sepia haze that hung over the whole flat expanse of what had once been a great lake . |
| 3 | He sat up , rubbing his eyes and staring out at the mist that hung over the grey stone building . |
| 4 | He had pulled her down with him into the whirlpool of love , and now that she was submerged and drowning he had left her , escaping through the cloaking mist that hung over the water . |
| 5 | When he had gone , she stood for a long time in front of the looking-glass that hung over the fire , her hands pressed to her cheeks , her face quite alive with excitement . |
| 6 | Vic Wilcox has now , strictly speaking , left the city of Rummidge and passed into an area known as the Dark Country — so called because of the pall of smoke that hung over it , and the film of coaldust and soot that covered it , in the heyday of the Industrial Revolution . |
| 7 | At the very least I had expected him to be physically frail and mentally chastened ; a boy worn out by his long addiction and frightened of the criminal charges that hung over him , but instead he came out of the limo and down the dock with the frisky energy of a puppy . |
| 8 | Emily stood up and stared at her reflection in the ornate mirror that hung over the fireplace . |
| 9 | It felt hollow now , lacking a centre , the fixed point had gone , only the outer shell was reflected in the mirror that hung over the sideboard , while the slices of cold meat curled on the plate that Martha had left for him . |
| 10 | The grapes that hung over mine host 's door were turning a dusky shade as the juice ripened in their skins . |
| 11 | Ruth grinned at him as he sat down at a cane table , making sure he was under the bright green awning that hung over the balcony and not a sliver of sun was on the bare parts of his body . |
| 12 | I had been to see it years before in a taxi from Roscrea , and had been greatly impressed by the poignant air of haunted melancholy that hung over the ruins . |
| 13 | The bomb-bursts could be seen through the huge pall of smoke and dust that hung over the city . |
| 14 | To feel the cloud that hung over us lift and disperse — the cloud that dulled the heart and made happiness no more than a memory ! |
| 15 | She felt involved , the cloud that hung over Rose hung over her , too . |
| 16 | He had a beer belly that hung over the top of his filthy jeans . |
| 17 | ‘ Did you know she 's a Catholic ? ’ he asked me as though it really mattered , and he gestured with his cigarette at a crucifix that hung over the narrow bed , which I knew was there solely for sentimental purposes because it had belonged to Ellen 's dead father , but to McIllvanney it was a challenge . |
| 18 | Well cheet cheety boxes are three s bits of iron , with a chain in the middle that hung over a fire you see ? |