Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] been lying " in BNC.
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| 1 | The American , who had been lying second after the morning 's compulsory figures , was placed first by all nine judges for both technical merit and presentation . |
| 2 | The wool gave off a friendly smell of the dogs who had been lying on it . |
| 3 | Shorter and his lieutenants were wary of a trap and had watched the forest lodge near Caesar 's Camp for several hours before finally making their rendezvous with Baptist Nunn but , as they entered the building , they were surrounded by a dozen officers who had been lying doggo nearby for many hours . |
| 4 | It was the man who had been lying on his bed when I arrived . |
| 5 | The scumniks , who had been lying in wait for prey , used stubguns , grenades — then , at close quarters , a chainsword and knives . |