Example sentences of "hanging over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The younger was nineteen or so , just a few inches taller than Melanie , with longish , bright red hair hanging over the collar of a dark blue , rather military looking jacket with shoulder flaps and brass buttons . |
| 2 | Across the river from my house , hanging over the road to Honeydew from Petrolia , in far northern California , six hours drive above San Francisco , is a cliff face some 300 feet high , whose face is a constantly changing testament to the subterranean upheavals that make this region the most seismically active on the North American continent . |
| 3 | Most of the cutter comprised a powerful electromagnet , hanging over the turntable from the ceiling because of its weight . |
| 4 | Although this section of the wall was under constant surveillance by two warders , one of whom had to patrol the perimeter wall on foot taking about eight minutes , Blake was able to reach the foot of the wall unobserved where he found Bourke 's ladder , with which he made his escape , hanging over the wall . |
| 5 | A thin moon is already hanging over the river and the swallows are feeding very high , a sign of continuing fine weather . |
| 6 | A.D. 850 — a calm morning with mist hanging over the river and through the forest . |
| 7 | Bend forwards and rest your forearms on the bench with your hands hanging over the edge . |
| 8 | The people on top crowded , standing , hanging over the edge . |
| 9 | And the Monster was sat in the bucket , filling the bucket with its bloated pink body , its great bulging legs hanging over the edge . |
| 10 | Hanging over the edge , she peered down . |
| 11 | Juanita Garcias , who was twenty five and from France , was a passenger in the lorry which came to a stop hanging over the edge of the bridge on the M-forty near Aynho . |
| 12 | You were like something hanging over the edge of a nest last night ! |
| 13 | Loss of employment as the result of an uninvestigated charge of neglect of duty or malversation was not the only threat hanging over the head of an officer of the revenue . |
| 14 | As she opened her mouth to shriek , he grabbed a green towel hanging over the shower rail and slapped it over her mouth . |
| 15 | With so many awkward questions hanging over the case , Coleman found it hard to imagine that the government would take it into court — and was not at all reassured by the thought . |
| 16 | We rolled into Casma just after three in the morning , the stink of fish oil hanging over the port and an old adobe fort peering at us out of mist . |
| 17 | High above me was the narrow gash of Attermire Cave and the craggy outcrop of the scar hanging over the valley like a wave of stone about to break . |
| 18 | Overall confidence is down because of the gloom hanging over the banking sector . |
| 19 | But the house hanging over the cliff got me into agonies of suspense , and I was amazed , when the dark came without bombs , by how the black on the screen , especially the black of Charlie Chaplin 's suit , his moustache , hat and rolling intense eyes , fitted the darkness of the little cinema . |
| 20 | Suddenly the back of the Morris Minor is hanging over the cliff edge . |
| 21 | An occasional distraction , an even more seductive glow , is the full moon hanging over the sea , right in the middle of my window . |
| 22 | The peaks surrounding glacier-dominated Saas Fee may be less distinguished , but the ice-falls of the Feegletscher hanging over the village are in their way just as striking . |
| 23 | There were oil lamps hanging over the verandah , and they threw black shadows towards the mosque entrance , and towards the shop where clothes were sold , long since shut . |
| 24 | But the greatest threat hanging over the inhabitants of Cubatoa is in the hills that overlook their polluted plain . |
| 25 | Dawn , despite its revelation of an ominous pall hanging over the mountains , found us hitching towards Cairngorm . |
| 26 | He saw the ball hanging over the flag and let the club slide down through his hands , a sure sign that a pro likes his shot . |
| 27 | When I recovered myself and controlled my weeping , my attention was attracted by Granny 's photograph hanging over the mantelshelf . |
| 28 | just off hanging over the welly boots when somebody puts their feet in the welly boots they get a bit of shock ! |
| 29 | I do n't think either , given the succession of scandals and the aura of sleaze hanging over the Secretary of State 's quango sector that anyone would deny that in terms of value for money and financial probity , direct democratic control is a far better watchdog than the financial control systems of the Welsh office . |
| 30 | Well they get over the top , we had them over the top , hanging over the top . |