Sentence examples for perch from inspiring English sources

But Lindo told the Times he hoped the robin would be knocked from its perch.

I knew I might not fit into the chair provided, and to perch on the end of it for hours while trying to act assertively is not easy.

Guests step up to the hob to be served, then find a place to perch - either on one of the chairs laid out in the garden or on a sofa underneath walls crowded with souvenirs and photos.

Looking around from my perch, I spotted a dragonfly resting on a stalk of grass, just five feet away, every detail picked out by sunlight so that it glittered and shone.

It seems a long time now since the modernising Gove of opposition would perch tieless on the Late Review sofa, and fizz about every novel or film, so long as it was not too downbeat or dark.

It's astonishing to think that a year ago, there was talk of Australia knocking South Africa off their perch at the top of the Test rankings.

For those who came in late, the town of Bowen's biggest tourist draw-card, the Big Mango, got pinched from its perch in an evening raid.

The afternoon saw us in Scarborough Castle - views down to the town's two bays from its perch on a lofty headland are worth the small entrance fee alone.

The form book suggests Poland would need another unexpected, eccentric display to cause the upset required to shove England off their perch.

The Range Rover's fold-down lower tailgate was also a handy perch from which to view a polo match or a point-to-point.Moreover, with the moneyed classes flitting between town and country, the Range Rover became a common sight on London's more fashionable thoroughfares, such as Sloane Street and the King's Road.

Lots of voters hate them, and think they have sold out for a perch in a ministerial Jaguar.Another big source of grassroots cheer is that Lib Dem bigwigs have started attacking the Conservatives, ending an initial truce during which Mr Clegg's team stressed coalition unity to reassure voters that hung parliaments did not spell chaos.