Example sentences of "lying [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The threnody begins and ends with the two figures , either side of the picture , lying wounded on the deck , one horizontally aligned with the picture surface , the other in a near vertical position . |
| 2 | IN HIS unmistakable style , Micky Quinn describes his troubles affecting Welsh rugby : ‘ In the Gulf War a Welsh Guardsman was lying wounded after a fierce attack in the desert . |
| 3 | The theme of disintegration in the novel ( Louise 's Tante Marie is lying comatose in an upstairs room on the verge of death ) is suggested formally by the disjointed narration and chronology . |
| 4 | For every trendy teenager , who last year could be seen lying comatose in the sun listening to a personal stereo , has suddenly become animated . |
| 5 | Striped snail shells lying shattered at a song thrush anvil . |
| 6 | Eventually the two boys were lying exhausted on the floor , relieved to be alive . |
| 7 | A custom-built Shetland Islands Council ferry , Westering Homewards , is lying unused on the mainland after she was found to be unsafe for the exposed 22-mile Atlantic crossing . |
| 8 | It might not be worth buying a two-man board , but if you ask around you will often find one lying unused in a backyard . |
| 9 | And the ordeal of putting up the lists — he could still feel the brute weight of Allan Stewart 's shoulder jolting him aside , the smell of whisky on his breath , and then the twilit hours lying low beside the minister in the church , waiting for the hubbub outside to die away . |
| 10 | Lying low beside the river , it could be misty , it could be translucent . |
| 11 | ‘ At the time of the murder he appears to have been lying low in a barn near Gainsborough . |
| 12 | This one was lying low in a heathery jungle . |
| 13 | I must be lying low in a room there , |
| 14 | The tug crew noticed the ship was lying low in the water and began to worry about her sinking . |
| 15 | She had been sitting on the shingle staring out to sea , her arms clasped round her knees , Timmy lying asleep on the small rug beside her . |
| 16 | Rufus was still lying asleep on the terrace , though at some point he must have awakened , for he was shaded from the sun by Hilbert 's old black umbrella which he had opened and propped there to shelter his head and face . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | What did P C do after the man was lying outstretched on the floor ? |
| 19 | What frightened him most was the still figure of William Tanner lying prone beside the office wall , blood already beginning to turn dark on his battered face . |
| 20 | When I eventually got home the crumpet packet was lying empty on the kitchen floor while Bilbo Baggins , the new puppy my daughters had brought home from the dogs ' home , was lying full beside it . |
| 21 | ‘ But we do n't have many holiday houses lying empty for the better part of the year , ’ said one local , proudly . |
| 22 | Especially so , since there is a big dead tree lying half in the water with a huge rubbish raft collected around the trunk . |
| 23 | Six weeks ago she was lying crushed under the wheels of a double-decker bus . |
| 24 | Lying rigid in the dark , I had caught a whiff of myself — a dreadful pong , horribly nesty . |
| 25 | Maybe someone will provide a 24-hour 0898 number which we can dial when we ca n't sleep at night for thinking about the copy of Milan Kundera 's Immortality lying untouched on the bedside table . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Shirley Robertson is lying second in the Europe Dinghies , Stuart Childerley is third in the Finns and Will Henderson is third in the Flying Dutchman . |
| 28 | Mr Davies ' employer , Brian Harley , who is lying second in the tournament after the first round , was unavailable for comment . |
| 29 | the elements for the powerboaters this weekend are water and wind … as the British Grand Prix returns after a two year gap … it 's being raced in cardiff and favourite to win is Steve Kerton of Gloucestershire … he 's lying second in the world championship … he 's going for the win but is happy to be back racing in britain |
| 30 | the elements for the powerboaters this weekend are water and wind … as the British Grand Prix returns after a two year gap … it 's being raced in cardiff and favourite to win is Steve Kerton of Gloucestershire … he 's lying second in the world championship … he 's going for the win but is happy to be back racing in britain |