Example sentences of "[adv] lay in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was one of the central figures in the Catholic Committee , a self-appointed body formed in 1778 , predominately lay in character and noble in membership , which saw itself as speaking for ‘ informed ’ Catholic opinion ( Petre always protected radicals among the clergy , such as Alexander Geddes , q.v. ) and which agitated for the freeing of the English Catholics from civil disabilities . |
| 2 | He fell back down on his knees and prayed , then , to his Jesus god , and she watched him , beating his forehead on the ground , where the marks of Sycorax 's rites still lay in charcoal tracks . |
| 3 | They passed the fountain , which still lay in darkness , having beaten Stephen and the team of electricians he had had working until minutes before the guests ' arrival — the one and only thing that was not finished . |
| 4 | Obviously they had been infiltrated by the enemies who still lay in wait for him in Russia . |
| 5 | They all face the same problem : their strength traditionally lay in parish life , traditional communities , and what the sociologists call ‘ cultural embeddedness ’ . |
| 6 | In their hands love seemed a narrow-eyed , exclusive , selfish bastard , to enjoy itself at the expense of a woman who now lay in bed in Auntie Jean 's house , her life unconsidered . |
| 7 | He proceeded down the aisle towards the fallen cross , that now lay in front of the altar , before stopping over the dead German officer and continuing until he came face to face with Tommy , who was still holding a pistol pointing straight at his heart . |
| 8 | ‘ I used ter sit at me front door when the weavver was good , an' when it was cold I used ter lay in bed till dinner-time . |