Example sentences of "lie there " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , these potential thoughts do not just lie there like strands of spaghetti on a plate : each must have a certain kind of relation to the others . |
| 2 | She thought she would lie there forever , let others do to her what they wished . |
| 3 | I let the thought lie there for comfort . |
| 4 | Judi had always tried to rub his nose in parts of his life he just wanted to let lie there and be profitable . |
| 5 | He can lie there and bleed to death ! ’ |
| 6 | For ten to twenty minutes he would lie there without moving , except for one eyebrow which jigged up and down while his mouth twitched sideways . |
| 7 | ‘ But seriously — if you had an accident when I was at school , you might lie there for hours . |
| 8 | With the top finally off , leaving a sloping cut to make sure that rain and dew does n't lie there , you can expect the bud to grow away fast . |
| 9 | I 'd lie there listening but I did n't want to know . |
| 10 | ‘ Must they lie there in the rain ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , they must lie there . |
| 12 | She would not fight him , she would just lie there and accept whatever he did . |
| 13 | ‘ Come on ; do n't just lie there , ’ Andy said matter-of-factly , leaving his cock alone and lying back in the grass , putting his arm behind his head and staring up at the sky . |
| 14 | ‘ Let him lie there . |
| 15 | You could lie there thinking — well , at least I 'm not dead ! |
| 16 | I could only lie there staring , burning more pages to hold back the dark , because every time I closed my eyes I saw the same thing : the dark shadow of a manlike creature with shoulders curving up in two great arcs on either side of its head … |
| 17 | His desire had passed the point where he could lie there and forget it . |
| 18 | He would go to sleep and I would lie there with tears running down my face thinking how good it had been before the baby came . |
| 19 | I wo n't lie there alone , Heathcliff ! |
| 20 | She could lie there thinking about a most unpleasant nightmare , thanking God that it was n't true . |
| 21 | We are going to have ourselves some nice hot coffee and you can lie there and watch . |
| 22 | ‘ Let them lie there , ’ she thought . |
| 23 | It 's no good letting him lie there . |
| 24 | Let it lie there . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We 'd been sitting with him in hospital keeping his mind occupied , but when our visiting times changed and he was alone he would lie there and think . |
| 26 | Secondly , why did Sir Ralph just lie there and allow his throat to be cut so savagely that his head was almost hacked from his body ? |
| 27 | Why did Sir Ralph just lie there and allow his throat to be cut ? |