Sentence examples for perch about from inspiring English sources

The whole apparatus was then mounted and fixed onto the big platform (post: 140 cm high) that was used for the habituation phase and could be reached by using a perch (about 120 cm long) as a bridge from the nearest tree or bush (Fig. A1).

He expounded upon that world from a perch about as far removed from it as possible.

It failed only when our 9-year-old son accidentally knocked it from its perch, about five feet off the floor.

Olczyk and Emrick were situated on an elevated perch about 15 yards from the rink and 15 feet off the ground.

He climbed down from his perch about 100 feet in the air, made his way through the vacant building below and, before stepping out, peered through a hole in scaffolding he had climbed a few hours earlier.

On August 8 , 1969 from a perch about 10 feet above the road, Macmillan snapped six shots of the Beatles as they traversed the zebra crossing near the EMI Studios where the group did their recordings.

She chattered and perched about 50 cm above ground inside the thicket.

Alexia said she had been perched about 10 feet behind Kira.

The land, perched about 15 miles north of Aspen, was once a potato farm, then a retreat for a Benedictine monastery.

Kafeneion tou Kotsaki, in Prases, about 20 miles south of Hania, (30-28210) 77901, is perched about 1,500 feet over a river in mountain terrain.

When he walked up the hill to the fairway, he saw his ball perched about 5 yards short of the cliff.