Example sentences of "body lay [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second later his body lay across the dead doctor . |
| 2 | Her body lay at the rest in the chapel downstairs , the light filtering in through lancet windows on her oak coffin and the dark-stained , hand-carved pews . |
| 3 | And last night it was revealed that the murdered child 's body lay at the scene for over four hours because of fears of another blast . |
| 4 | Taliesin laughed , and Fael-Inis said , ‘ Why did you accompany Fergus and Fribble ? ’ and Taliesin glanced involuntarily to where Fergus 's body lay on the velvet-covered couch beneath the window that looked out on to the forest . |
| 5 | And the body lay on the gravel |
| 6 | They had received the reports in the Place of Healing , where the body lay in the courtyard , protected from the flies and the heat by wet wrappings , waiting for someone to claim it and give permission for an examination to begin , before it was taken to the embalmers . |
| 7 | Behind him , Paxton 's body lay amongst the frozen dancers and entertainers smiling down blankly as if welcoming him . |