Example sentences of "[Wh det] have [be] lying " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But it 's a lot of money for something which has been lying dead for twelve years . ’
2 I was in a French class at school when I picked up a copy of the magazine , which had been lying on one of the tables .
3 The libretto , which had been lying in his drawer for years , had been written by a M. Frontenac , who had known Alain-Fournier personally , and had been under the spell of his novel since it first appeared in 1913 .
4 She picked up a little knife which had been lying in the lap of one of the dolls .
5 The springer which had been lying buttered on the floor midway between the two slewed an eye in the direction of Vanessa Dersingham when she spoke .
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