Example sentences of "[noun] lying on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tourist backpackers chattering in high tones ; theatre-/supper-goers gazing nervously at the cluster of dishevelled , ruby-faced lads who wave their cans and bawl out the rallying cry of ‘ 'Ere we go , ‘ ere we go ! ’ at alarming volume ; a comatose figure lying on the bucket seats and crying out an important but indecipherable message about some quite obvious connection betwixt Jesus and Aids ; in the corner a girl with dishevelled hair and a soiled James Dean T-shirt sprawled on the concrete and a man with bloodied chin mouthing profanities as he urinates against the wall . |
| 2 | She saw a figure lying on the ground and O'Hara holding Geoffrey 's arms behind his back . |
| 3 | Peering down , Turner was puzzled by the trussed figure lying on the ground . |
| 4 | Kugelbaum came across a football lying on the pavement . |
| 5 | I awoke after a night of rain and high winds to find the garden fence lying on the ground . |
| 6 | It is perfectly possible to catch rabbits while ferreting with snow lying on the ground , but I do think that snow makes long-netting impossible as the net becomes clogged , wet and inoperable . |
| 7 | ‘ I ran into Phil 's house and saw the granddad lying on the floor with a hole in his leg . |
| 8 | and they dragged two of them in and there 's about ten people in the other side of the carriage in about this much space and there 's like two J F S kids lying on the floor in the middle of the carriage |
| 9 | The Ventral Nerve-Cord consists of a series of ganglia lying on the floor of the thorax and abdomen . |
| 10 | I am thinking about my spectacles lying on the desk before me as I write . |
| 11 | The man said he later went outside and saw a soldier lying on the road with others around him who seemed to be helping him or attending to him . |
| 12 | When I had reached the front , the first thing I saw was Granpa lying on the pavement , his head propped up on a box of apples and his face as white as a sheet . |
| 13 | He moved the pen lying on the blotter in front of him slightly to one side . |
| 14 | The men parted to allow him to see Joe Hyde lying on the bed . |
| 15 | In areas where there are vast scatters of finds lying on the surface , it is not practical to collect the finds , but instead the position of the finds are accurately plotted . |
| 16 | Roos is a small village lying on the plain of Holderness , 15 miles east of Hull and four miles north-west of the seaside town of Withernsea . |
| 17 | Lindsey looked down at the child lying on the examination couch and felt the breath catch in her throat . |
| 18 | It is still outstanding and there are cables and wires lying on the surface making it both unsightly and possibly hazardous . |
| 19 | The obstacles to be cleared away are not just boulders or other debris lying on the road ( which could refer to ) but are the natural features ( v. 4 will mention them as mountains and valleys ) that are to be overcome and eliminated in the construction of an entirely new road . |
| 20 | As I approached I recognised one of them as a Medic from Brigade H.Q As we chatted together , I could see a number of dead Commandos lying on the lawn in front of the Chateau . |
| 21 | Fat fish in laburnum ( above ) ‘ I have always made things , ’ says Ned , ‘ and while on a boating holiday on the Thames about 15 years ago I found a branch of very dark wood lying on the ground . |
| 22 | There was a crutch lying on the ground beside him and another at an angle under his right arm . |
| 23 | Going into the hall , she flung on a coat , pocketed the keys lying on the silver salver , and let herself out into the night . |
| 24 | The next stage is to persuade it to remain in position while you move away , with the leash lying on the ground . |
| 25 | He reported it at once and when the police and ambulance got there they found the bodies of a man and a girl lying on the road and partially burned . |
| 26 | ‘ I saw the girl lying on the sidewalk with blood gushing from her head . |
| 27 | Picture that portfolio lying on the table … ’ |
| 28 | He stopped the jeep at the edge of the cornfield , and we observed that the mortar and shell fire were following the canisters as they were landing , leaving a few canisters lying on the ground not far off from where we were . |
| 29 | The pop Poet Laureate of the cabaret circuit , Hegley chooses subjects from McDonalds to the Gulf War , from spaniels to spectacles — taking on a whole range of everyday tragedies — ‘ the other day I met a bloke lying on the pavement he 'd just had a stroke and I thought a man in his position might appreciate a joke so I said stand back please I 'm a comedian ’ |
| 30 | I said on the 14th that the equivalent of 25 million tonnes of coal gas contracts had been given , with a further equivalent of 10 million tonnes lying on the table for the Secretary of State to sanction . |