Example sentences of "[was/were] lie [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jan and Tim were lying on their sides facing each other on adjoining sunbeds . |
| 2 | ‘ You were lying on my lilo this morning . |
| 3 | before I knew it she was suffocating she was lying across my neck . |
| 4 | And so that means erm he come in he come in and Danielle was lying across my arm like that and he |
| 5 | The tall boy tried to rise , but something heavy was lying across his legs . |
| 6 | That was something that Boaz did , there when Ruth was lying at his feet . |
| 7 | He showed no desire to get up and greet me but I was merciless and dragged him inch by inch over the cobbles till he was lying at my feet . |
| 8 | James Parke surveyed the situation : HMS Impregnable was lying with her bow pointing northeast , the hull was intact , although she was firmly imbedded in the soft seabed . |
| 9 | Felicity was lying with her head resting on the back of her chair , gazing up at the ceiling , her long legs stretched across her desk . |
| 10 | The humour , I think , came from the fact that at the time of asking I was lying with my head near the ground and my feet near the ceiling and the man in question had most of his right hand in my mouth , his other hand on a high-power drill and his knee wedged round his own spittoon . |
| 11 | The bed was wide , Patrick was lying with his back to Marcus . |
| 12 | He was lying with his head in the hollow of my neck and shoulder , breathing quietly ; his voice had a languorous , far-away sound , as if he were rocking slowly in a hammock on a hot summer day . |
| 13 | Culley was lying with his hands beneath his head , gazing at the ceiling . |
| 14 | He was lying with his legs across the path , and I fell on my knees beside him . |
| 15 | He was lying with his face down on the ground . |
| 16 | Paul and Blyth had fallen asleep , and Eric was lying with his hands behind his neck , staring drowsily up at the bright blue . |
| 17 | He was lying with his head on his cushion , eh |
| 18 | It was lying on its side with its legs drawn stiffly up to a grossly distended belly . |
| 19 | It was lying on its side not far from the shore . |
| 20 | The mirrors over God 's throne and Gabriel 's shattered — bang ! bang ! — like two shots from a gun , and the pageant , which was lying on its back , sagged in on itself like a man breathing his last . |
| 21 | The Hound was lying on her arm . |
| 22 | It was a warm , sunny afternoon four years ago , and she was lying on her back in the park feeling too weak to move . |
| 23 | She was lying on her back , pulling lazily at one of her nipples , watching it stretch . |
| 24 | She was lying on her bed , looking up at the ceiling , Smudge and Whisky curled on her stomach . |
| 25 | An African girl one level up was lying on her left side , her right leg bent , with green and brown towels over her hips and head . |
| 26 | Joan was lying on her bed , her face tear-stained , when Anne entered her chamber . |
| 27 | She was lying on her back , naked except for a short wrapover dressing gown from which one blue-veined breast had escaped and lay like a quivering jellyfish against the pink satin . |
| 28 | Flora was lying on her bedroom floor doing her homework . |
| 29 | She was very old and she was lying on her back , her feet towards me . |
| 30 | " When she was lying on her thin pallet at night she screwed her eyes up tight and then she could see his face . |