Sentence examples for atop its roof from inspiring English sources

When, after miraculously catching up with it, he scrambles atop its roof, where he stands regally, pitched forward a few dangerous degrees, shading his eyes so he can better spot the Union baddies, the image is perfect in its seemingly casual geometry.

In Bamian, the New Zealand base is a local landmark, with a model kiwi atop its roof.

But public anger did not move the government to action until last November, when workers in Chengdu came to raze a garment factory and home and found the owner's former wife, Tang Fuzhen, atop its roof.

The V.I.P. lounge, a lavish building with Moroccan mosaics, crystal chandeliers and a fountain, bears a gilded dome atop its roof, meant to echo the Dome of the Rock Mosque in Jerusalem.

An apple core and two unmatched women's shoes lay atop its roof.

The door atop its roof opened with a single wave of his fingers, making for a very surprised pilot, dispatched without a hitch".

With a helicopter landing pad atop its Art Deco roof, the 1932 building occupies an entire block in Chelsea, bounded by 15th and 16th Streets, and can accommodate Google's Manhattan work force of 2,500 employees with relative ease.

Atop each roof, satellite dishes the size of hubcaps let members of this isolated community tap into their passion for the game.

The project is designed by William McDonough + Partners, the same firm that designed Ford's massive living roof atop its Rouge River plant in Michigan.

After being swept away atop his roof, Hiromitsu Shinkawa, 60, was spotted by a rescue ship, thanks to the red flag he made.

A German man was seen atop his roof, a knife in one hand and his wife's head in the other this morning.