Example sentences of "[noun] on [art] floor " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boy kept his glance on the floor . |
| 2 | The ranks parted and , as if by a miracle , Lindsey saw Niall , on his knees , bending over the man spreadeagled face-down on the floor . |
| 3 | We found an old ‘ godown ’ and all slept that night side by side on the floor . |
| 4 | We lay side by side on the floor all over the house — there must have been a dozen or more of us , including nice old Ma Mi who was delighted to see us . |
| 5 | Even good-looking baskets set side by side on the floor can hold a good deal of paraphernalia — including bottles or books — with a certain panache . |
| 6 | We arranged the body which was lying half sprawled , legs on the floor , the rest on the bed . ’ |
| 7 | Mining companies all over the world set up consortia to study ways of mining the manganese nodules on the floor of the deep oceans , but have been unwilling to proceed until the world can agree on laws to cover deep sea mining . |
| 8 | Until the restrictions of the 1830s presentation of petitions guaranteed MPs opportunities to raise the grievances on the floor of the House before the business of the day . |
| 9 | She nodded , her eyes on the floor . |
| 10 | The door closed behind him and Annie found herself sitting on the edge of the bed , her hands between her knees , her eyes on the floor . |
| 11 | She leaves with her eyes on the floor , saying bom dia . |
| 12 | The raising of arms and hands in the air conveys praise and thanksgiving , whilst prostration on the floor speaks of repentance and openness to God . |
| 13 | In time to come , John would add some new words all about a bird he knew who kept trying to commit suicide : ‘ Blood on the ceiling blood on the walls , blood on the floor . ’ |
| 14 | They had been defending the building for 31 days and there was blood on the floor . |
| 15 | Three , four , there 's blood on the floor , on the floor … |
| 16 | He sympathized with one of the Founders who had said that there must be ‘ no blood on the floor ’ , but blood was now clearly necessary . |
| 17 | Detchard moved towards me again , stepped in the doctor 's blood on the floor — and fell to the ground himself . |
| 18 | For a moment , the Doctor toyed lightly with the simularity crystal he had found while looking at the blood on the floor . |
| 19 | What if a rule change , such as the introduction of a new settlement date , is formally communicated to members , but the traders on the floor do not " register " that the change has taken place and carry on trading on the basis of the old date ? |
| 20 | and you 've a number inside the car as well on the bottom of the car on the floor so er some of them no , they do n't so some of them take the mickey of them and putting different plates on of a written off car from a scrap yard so you can have like a brand new Sierra smashed up in a scrap yard and you buy it for like a thousand pound and you this Sierra with a brand new Sierra , so you change all the plates over and do all this on the car and then you got a bloody Sierra worth about nine or ten thousand pound |
| 21 | like smoky lava on the floor of the coop |
| 22 | If this occurs in government , the Prime Minister can evoke the sentiment of party loyalty with much the same effect as when he faces opposition on the floor of the House . |
| 23 | She placed the mug of tea on the floor , opened the door of the wardrobe , and pulled out the toys , clothes and boxes that were crammed inside . |
| 24 | You 've put half your tea on the floor . |
| 25 | The dresser drawers fallen out and spilled , the dishes from the shelves above in fragments on the floor , the chairs thrown about as though by a madman , the table upended and even the black kettle from the hob lying among the debris . |
| 26 | ‘ Do we have to bang our heads on the floor before we understand ? |
| 27 | My headlight band is connected to a transformer on the floor , half submerged in blood . |
| 28 | Rainbow looks back and forth , from the stranger on the floor to — to where ? |
| 29 | For the mobile unit , it must be well built and braced to allow for moving over uneven ground , if the birds are in at the time , then the extra weight on the floor will be 204 kg for the 100 bird house and 409 kg for the 200 bird house . |
| 30 | Rehearsal time for the cast would be limited , just a few days together in a church hall with sticky tape on the floor and a few odd props to suggest sets that will only be seen on the Friday . |