Example sentences of "lay [adv prt] on the [noun sg] in " in BNC.

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1 One hot night he came home drunk and lay down on the flower-bed in the garden just outside the studio and fell fast asleep .
2 I lay down on the rug in front of the fire and dozed off .
3 After a bit , he took off his debonair jacket and lay back on the bed in a beautiful fluted shirt , much creased , holding her newspaper over his head to look at the article she had been reading .
4 He lay back on the seat in the dark interior with the attaché case resting on his knees as the driver cranked up the engine .
5 So they took it back to Wyvis Hall and hung it up again and then they lay out on the terrace in the sun , eating rump steak and potato crisps and drinking Hirondelle rose .
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