Example sentences of "[noun sg] lie on the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Lindsey looked down at the child lying on the examination couch and felt the breath catch in her throat . |
| 32 | The obstacles to be cleared away are not just boulders or other debris lying on the road ( which could refer to ) but are the natural features ( v. 4 will mention them as mountains and valleys ) that are to be overcome and eliminated in the construction of an entirely new road . |
| 33 | Fat fish in laburnum ( above ) ‘ I have always made things , ’ says Ned , ‘ and while on a boating holiday on the Thames about 15 years ago I found a branch of very dark wood lying on the ground . |
| 34 | There was a crutch lying on the ground beside him and another at an angle under his right arm . |
| 35 | The next stage is to persuade it to remain in position while you move away , with the leash lying on the ground . |
| 36 | He reported it at once and when the police and ambulance got there they found the bodies of a man and a girl lying on the road and partially burned . |
| 37 | ‘ I saw the girl lying on the sidewalk with blood gushing from her head . |
| 38 | Picture that portfolio lying on the table … ’ |
| 39 | The pop Poet Laureate of the cabaret circuit , Hegley chooses subjects from McDonalds to the Gulf War , from spaniels to spectacles — taking on a whole range of everyday tragedies — ‘ the other day I met a bloke lying on the pavement he 'd just had a stroke and I thought a man in his position might appreciate a joke so I said stand back please I 'm a comedian ’ |
| 40 | Out of deference to the little lady lying on the sea floor , no diesel . |
| 41 | A heavy iron bar lay on the floor beside my left hand . |
| 42 | A second lay on the floor , writhing and trying to pull the mask off his face . |
| 43 | The Lamb Inn lay on the other side of Burford , down a side-turning off the High Street . |
| 44 | The folder containing Rory 's work lay on the seat by my side ; I lifted the file onto my lap , concealing a bulge . |
| 45 | By the end of March about 40 tons of ore lay on the bank , having been carted down from Paddy End , and was ready for dressing . |
| 46 | The high-relief figure — one could hardly call it a three-dimensional effigy — is placed on a plain black ledger lying on the floor , and appears as a body rising vertically from the grave . |
| 47 | She dropped her eyes to the desk , staring unseeingly at the ledger lying on the polished wooden surface . |
| 48 | She sat up , measuring the distance from the bed to her discarded robe lying on the soft carpet . |
| 49 | Just to see his silk dressing-gown hanging on the back of the door or his watch lying on the edge of the basin , stirred an unfathomable excitement in her . |
| 50 | When Ross Lovegrove walked into the office of the Hermés design director he spotted a memo from the chairman lying on the desk . |
| 51 | Dot saw the curly mass of Gloria 's dark hair lying on the pillow of a similar but separate bed alongside . |
| 52 | Flinging herself round and seeing at least three inches of her hair lying on the wooden floor , she yelled , ‘ How dare you ! |
| 53 | The laundry had been delivered during the day , and there was a great , big , brown paper parcel lying on the kitchen table . |
| 54 | ‘ Do n't worry about Scott , ’ he said , glancing across at the Delta Elite lying on the table . |
| 55 | As she went to answer she noticed a white envelope addressed to her in Luke 's handwriting lying on the doormat . |
| 56 | Eglinton lies on the main Limavady Londonderry Road ( A27 ) , Muff Glen is one mile from Eglinton . |
| 57 | Andy the Mouse lies on the other pillow . |
| 58 | Andy the Mouse lies on the other pillow . |
| 59 | The burden of proof of lack of consent lies on the prosecution : Donovan , A-G 's Reference ( No. 6 of 1980 ) . |
| 60 | Freud was right , Maud thought , vigorously rubbing her white legs , desire lies on the other side of repugnance . |