Example sentences of "lie there [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lies there for a long time , not saying nothing . |
| 2 | Say summat instead of lying there like a great mawker . ’ |
| 3 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 4 | One night , later in their affair , O woke up in the middle of one of his long and noisy dreams and lay there for a long time looking at Boy 's face as he slept . |
| 5 | He pushed her away , and she fell to the floor and lay there like a broken bird . |