Example sentences of "was lying [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 before I knew it she was suffocating she was lying across my neck .
2 And so that means erm he come in he come in and Danielle was lying across my arm like that and he
3 The tall boy tried to rise , but something heavy was lying across his legs .
4 That was something that Boaz did , there when Ruth was lying at his feet .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 The bed was wide , Patrick was lying with his back to Marcus .
10 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 .
11 Culley was lying with his hands beneath his head , gazing at the ceiling .
12 He was lying with his legs across the path , and I fell on my knees beside him .
13 He was lying with his face down on the ground .
14 Paul and Blyth had fallen asleep , and Eric was lying with his hands behind his neck , staring drowsily up at the bright blue .
15 He was lying with his head on his cushion , eh
16 It was lying on its side with its legs drawn stiffly up to a grossly distended belly .
17 It was lying on its side not far from the shore .
18 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 .
19 The Hound was lying on her arm .
20 It was a warm , sunny afternoon four years ago , and she was lying on her back in the park feeling too weak to move .
21 She was lying on her back , pulling lazily at one of her nipples , watching it stretch .
22 She was lying on her bed , looking up at the ceiling , Smudge and Whisky curled on her stomach .
23 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 .
24 Joan was lying on her bed , her face tear-stained , when Anne entered her chamber .
25 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 .
26 Flora was lying on her bedroom floor doing her homework .
27 She was very old and she was lying on her back , her feet towards me .
28 " When she was lying on her thin pallet at night she screwed her eyes up tight and then she could see his face .
29 She was lying on her back .
30 She was lying on her side and Hugh was on his side also , clinging to her back , as though for protection .
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