Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] lay on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For days this hush lay on the house like dust . |
| 2 | Another door lay on the other side of the room . |
| 3 | An empty glass lay on the eiderdown . |
| 4 | As we passed the dam , a little snow lay on the shingle plains and the rivers were a mere shadow of their former selves . |
| 5 | The white dog lay on the floor next to him . |
| 6 | The white frost lay on the broad lawn , on the many-formed leaves of the evergreens , and on the giant trees at a distance . |
| 7 | The white dress lay on the bed . |
| 8 | A large suitcase lay on the bed , still full of the clothes he 'd taken from the other room . |
| 9 | The black case lay on the bed beside the white box . |
| 10 | Black dust lay on the pavement collecting in the spaces of the bridge 's primed balustrade . |
| 11 | The feast proceeded in dainty silence until a bare fish skeleton the size of a heavy bolter lay on the platter before each celebrant , and their stone steins stood empty . |
| 12 | His dark navy-blue suit lay on the bed , as a man might lie , sleeves folded , legs neatly together . |
| 13 | Their high-smelling dog lay on the hairy ancient rug before the smokeless fuel fire . |
| 14 | How does that sit with the fact that the Austrian application lay on the table for two years before the British Government said a word of welcome to that country ? |
| 15 | One soldier lay on the ground like a blazing torch . |
| 16 | A thick , too-sweet stench lay on the air . |
| 17 | A small object lay on the floor near the chair where Vince had placed his coat , and she picked it up . |
| 18 | A red and white checked blanket lay on the ground and in the middle of the blanket was the biggest box Asik had ever seen . |
| 19 | Most small towns of any significance lay on the principal roads ; some also enjoyed the advantages provided by a nearby river . |
| 20 | An expensive handbag lay on the table , and she was reading the morning paper in a perfectly ordinary way . |
| 21 | A dead hare lay on the trampled ground , its neck twisted . |
| 22 | Memories of that earlier quake lay on the floor as I walked through the house . |
| 23 | A bed of dense material lay on the sieve and the water/ore/dross mixture fed above it . |