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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Evans had gone through into the lounge and was standing leaning against the mantelpiece in the classic pose of grief.
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He noticed the picture frames on the mantelpiece had been turned to the wall.
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On the mantelpiece she displayed photographs of dead people, propped up in their coffins, looking glum.
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On the mantelpiece there was a small lamp with a crimson shade and I switched it on.
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She emptied the dustpan and searched for something else to do, straightening the Christmas cards on the mantelpiece as she passed.
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Silver cups - golfing trophies - crammed the mantelpiece over a huge arched brick fireplace.
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The china money jar on the kitchen mantelpiece that contained their emergency funds lay shattered and empty on the floor.
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Through the slate-floored living-room, with its exposed beams, open grate and massive heart-of-oak mantelpiece , was the kitchen.