Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to lie down " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often , as the night drew on , a number of people were seen to lie down in odd places , both in Partisan Street and on the Embankment . |
| 2 | Still shivering , we were made to lie down , men and women in adjoining beds . |
| 3 | They were made to lie down on the floor in the back . |
| 4 | It seems that when they were made to lie down in the back of the truck and their hands were tied behind them , Katrine remembers there being rags underneath her . |
| 5 | They were told to lie down , face first in the damp grass . |
| 6 | He walked up and down the track , waiting impatiently ; he had made his mind up , he was going to lie down in front of the train . |
| 7 | Why did n't she tell me she was going to lie down ? ’ |