Example sentences of "lying on [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will instantly vanish into cover if disturbed , but when resting , it has a habit of lying on its side on the bottom . |
| 2 | It was just lying on its poor back with its legs stuck up and a dreadfully resigned look on its dear face ! |
| 3 | With the desert streaming from their wheels , they drove away my windbreak and I dived behind the wheelbarrow , now lying on its side . |
| 4 | The wasp , whose behaviour appears eccentric but intelligent , invariably leaves the cricket she has caught lying on its back , its antennae just touching the tunnel entrance , while she inspects her burrow . |
| 5 | It was lying on its side with its legs drawn stiffly up to a grossly distended belly . |
| 6 | Basedow , another researcher , echoed George Grey 's impression of a 9-foot long Wandjina , lying on its side : |
| 7 | On its top was a simple oak cross , a much used blotter in a leather pad , and an old fashioned black telephone , the receiver off the rest and lying on its side . |
| 8 | So , of course , was the chair , from his own sitting room , which he had considered more suitable for his purpose , kicked over and lying on its side . |
| 9 | It was lying on its side not far from the shore . |
| 10 | Like a statue lying on its side . |
| 11 | There 's a big red thing lying on its side in the driveway … ’ |
| 12 | Now I turned to the principal occupant of Frankenstein 's laboratory , to that sheeted figure lying on its bench surrounded by snuffling machines . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | About a hundred and fifty feet down the side of the hill was Sal 's VW Golf lying on its roof waving its wheels at the sky . |
| 15 | On the other hand , when the free-swimming ancestor of plaice and halibut , being , like a herring , vertically flattened from side to side , took to the bottom , it was better off lying on its side than balancing precariously on its knife edge of a belly ! |
| 16 | There she was squeezed chained , blindfolded and gagged into a coffin-shaped box , which was then slid into a wheelie-bin lying on its side , Richard Wakerley , QC , prosecuting , told Nottingham Crown Court . |
| 17 | The field Taff was referring to certainly had animals in it , but they were all lying on their backs , their legs in the air , dead for at least three or four days . |
| 18 | There would be some uneasy heads lying on their pillows that night . |
| 19 | They were both lying on their backs staring at the top of the cavity . |
| 20 | One of Aunt Janie 's favourite sayings was ‘ Give them their roses now ’ , not wait ‘ till they are lying on their bier ’ , although she did not always practise what she preached . |
| 21 | make sure they are lying on their side so that if they are sick their vomit wo n't stop them breathing |
| 22 | The final show in the Inspirals ' foray into Finland takes place under clouded skies , on an enormo stage , in front of a field of fully of happily drunk hippy kids who , when they walk on stage , appear to be principally interested in fighting each other , or lying on their backs staring at the clouds . |
| 23 | I jumped up on to my bunk and looked at the others sitting around playing cards , arguing with each other or lying on their beds staring at the ceiling . |
| 24 | Jan and Tim were lying on their sides facing each other on adjoining sunbeds . |
| 25 | very pale , if you saw somebody in a hospital bed who 'd just suffered shock , they 'd be the same colour as the sheet they 're lying on their face is absolutely white , okay , very , very pale , very cold and very clammy , now supposing the doctor asks you why are they cold and clammy ? |
| 26 | Scenes of empires lost and won , Gordon at Khartoum and fuzzy-wuzzies at Omdurman , dreadnoughts and dreadlocks , gallopers plunging and rearing and lying on their sides with their legs broken , bears and tigers and great striding birds and British lions with Union Jack saddles . |
| 27 | They were both lying on their bunks , one reading , one scribbling a letter on a notepad . |
| 28 | The boat was propelled either by ‘ legging ’ ) the crew lying on their backs or sides and pushing on the tunnel walls with their feet — or by ‘ shafting ’ — pushing with the boat shaft ( pole ) against the tunnel roof . |
| 29 | The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths is calling for all ads featuring sleeping babies to be shown lying on their backs , following its new safety guidelines , issued in October last year . |
| 30 | You mean lying on their backs or sides and ca n't get to their feet because of their heavy , wet wool ? ’ |