Example sentences of "[noun sg] lie on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , with it at the front the board lies on the water flat , and with it back the tail digs in . |
| 2 | They need to be the product of shared work between head , governors , staff and , as far as possible , parents , but the main responsibility lies on the head . |
| 3 | Their case lies on the counter like a mussel , |
| 4 | The House of Lords held that the onus of proving causation lies on the plaintiff . |
| 5 | One of the areas that was targeted for local government investment lies on the north side of the Allegheny river , directly across from the ‘ Golden Triangle ’ which forms the heart of Pittsburgh 's downtown . |
| 6 | The terrace lies on the east side of the Fronalpstock the bluff , stumpy mountain which forms the corner buttress where the main lake turns into the Urner See , its long south arm . |
| 7 | There may be cases where all the fault lies on the side of the head , and indeed in the earliest days of financial delegation many governors were said to have resigned because they could not find enough time to master the intricate responsibilities of new government and because a path through those intricacies had not been mapped by the head . |
| 8 | This figure lies on the high side of our initial estimate but two factors must be borne in mind . |
| 9 | Tourist backpackers chattering in high tones ; theatre-/supper-goers gazing nervously at the cluster of dishevelled , ruby-faced lads who wave their cans and bawl out the rallying cry of ‘ 'Ere we go , ‘ ere we go ! ’ at alarming volume ; a comatose figure lying on the bucket seats and crying out an important but indecipherable message about some quite obvious connection betwixt Jesus and Aids ; in the corner a girl with dishevelled hair and a soiled James Dean T-shirt sprawled on the concrete and a man with bloodied chin mouthing profanities as he urinates against the wall . |
| 10 | She saw a figure lying on the ground and O'Hara holding Geoffrey 's arms behind his back . |
| 11 | Peering down , Turner was puzzled by the trussed figure lying on the ground . |
| 12 | Kugelbaum came across a football lying on the pavement . |
| 13 | I awoke after a night of rain and high winds to find the garden fence lying on the ground . |
| 14 | It is perfectly possible to catch rabbits while ferreting with snow lying on the ground , but I do think that snow makes long-netting impossible as the net becomes clogged , wet and inoperable . |
| 15 | ‘ I ran into Phil 's house and saw the granddad lying on the floor with a hole in his leg . |
| 16 | The wedge of light lying on the open stairway leading down from the hatch fanned out and a voice draped in icicles called : |
| 17 | The man said he later went outside and saw a soldier lying on the road with others around him who seemed to be helping him or attending to him . |
| 18 | The defences on the Danube had been neglected , for as long as the frontier lay on the Dniester the inhabitants of Moesia believed themselves to be secure . |
| 19 | One soldier lay on the ground like a blazing torch . |
| 20 | She and the soldier lay on the grass ; |
| 21 | As we passed the dam , a little snow lay on the shingle plains and the rivers were a mere shadow of their former selves . |
| 22 | ‘ Last time we came , back in February , ’ reminisced a companion , ‘ snow lay on the ground . |
| 23 | An expensive handbag lay on the table , and she was reading the morning paper in a perfectly ordinary way . |
| 24 | A crocodile handbag lay on the table and she had just slipped off her new Italian shoes . |
| 25 | He put these with his haul from the kitchen and crossed the room to where a pile of mail lay on the mat inside the front door , pausing on the way to look at some of the framed photographs and certificates that were arranged along the mantelshelf . |
| 26 | A dead hare lay on the trampled ground , its neck twisted . |
| 27 | The village lies on the B1228 and is an equal distance from York and Pocklington . |
| 28 | The signalbox that controlled the junction is shown as a small building marked S B. Signals are shown by dots identified by the initials S P , and a milepost on the joint line is marked M P. The BCR 's single track curves away to the left from the junction points , and the small platform of the halt lies on the right of the line . |
| 29 | He moved the pen lying on the blotter in front of him slightly to one side . |
| 30 | Roos is a small village lying on the plain of Holderness , 15 miles east of Hull and four miles north-west of the seaside town of Withernsea . |