Example sentences of "lie [adv prt] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we get home Penny goes to check on Heather and if she 's asleep , lies down quietly by the cot and waits for her to wake up so she can come and tell us . |
| 2 | He thought of Pearce , swept away and eviscerated ; lying down there in the basement like some horrifying animal-skin rug . |
| 3 | And here she 's telling Ruth , now what you 've got ta do , she 's she 's got him , she 's got her introduced to Boaz and she tells him it 's a strange custom , one that 's perhaps even stranger in our eyes today but there er after the party , the great harvest supper she 's , the the they lie down in the barn together , they all just , they 're tired it 's , it 's , the party 's gone on into the wee hours of the morning , and there they just , they do n't bother going home , they lie down there in the barn together all of them and she says to Ruth what you must do according to the custom is , you go and you lie at the feet of Boaz and wait , just wait , and wait for him to respond to you . |
| 4 | Ride to Langholm in Eskdale this first night , then lie up there over the morrow . |
| 5 | You could have been lying out there in the farmyard all night ! ’ |
| 6 | The targets were frequently altered , bomb loads changed , keeping the armourers constantly on the run with bombs lying about all over the field . |
| 7 | The books are lying about all over the place in Shellerton . |
| 8 | ’ Its noisy and there 's always loads of equipmenjt lying about all over the place , but it 's great fun . ’ |
| 9 | Theodora wiped her hands on the damp grass and lay down again beneath the currant bushes . |
| 10 | And Durbeyfield lay back comfortably on the grass . |
| 11 | That meant there was no hurry , they could have lain out there in the sun till the pubs opened . |