Example sentences of "[prep] it lie [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind it lies Lake Nasser , which stretches to the borders of Sudan , and beyond , covering all of what was once Egyptian Nubia . |
| 2 | But the national church organization , which the papacy had encouraged , brought with it lay investiture , the giving to the bishop of the ring and staff and the performance of homage to the ruler . |
| 3 | Beyond it lay Nubia , and beyond that the Land of Punt , an almost legendary region which the Egyptians penetrated only briefly in the imperial years of the New Kingdom . |
| 4 | If successful a place in the ‘ A ’ stream was guaranteed and beyond it lay grammar school and perhaps college or university . |
| 5 | The empire was the natural home of Christianity ; beyond it lay barbarity , all that was un-Roman and uncivilized . |
| 6 | The desire was pulsing in her veins , but beyond it lay emotion , such dark , intense emotion , and she knew the fight was over . |