Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] lay on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicholson laid it on a piece of black velvet that lay on the work top , allowing his visitors to get a better look at the tiny object . |
| 2 | At the crash from the front door he came out of his chair and reached for a twelve-bore shotgun that lay on the pine table . |
| 3 | McIllvanney shook a cigarette out of a packet , then opened his briefcase that lay on the floor beside his chair . |
| 4 | Quickly she banished the memory , but as she was about to declare she thought he had a sauce , he had opened the folder that lay on the desk and , taking out a sheet of paper , inspected it through the lenses . |
| 5 | A large gloomy bedroom had been the setting of it , hung with draperies , not the kind of thing you would expect a child to sleep in , but it was a little child that lay on the bed , white and still , the elderly man , evidently a doctor , who had seemingly just lifted a looking glass from the parted lips , turning to the young father and imparting the news of death , while the mother in a transport of grief clung to her husband , her head buried in his shoulder . |
| 6 | He picked up the file that lay on the desk and flipped it open . |
| 7 | I went back to my room and lay on the bed . |
| 8 | I returned to our room and lay on the bed next to my dear wife . |
| 9 | It turned from the storm and from those inside the office block ; its need focusing on the ruined corpse that lay on the pavement next to it . |
| 10 | She hesitated and her fingers began pleating a paper serviette that lay on the table ; then , glancing briefly at Rachel and taking a deep breath , she continued , ‘ But I was heartbroken over something else as well , and it was n't David . |
| 11 | Nails said , towards the kitchen door , ‘ I 'm goin' out , ’ picked up a leather jacket that lay on the floor , shrugged it on and opened the door again . |
| 12 | On the opposite bank , Luke rolled off her back and lay on the grass . |
| 13 | The Admiral reached for the pipe that lay on the table beside him , took out a tobacco pouch , filled the pipe carefully , lit it , sucked in the smoke and blew it out luxuriously . |
| 14 | As he watched the young couple make love on the small bed , he lit another cigarette with the lighter that lay on the table beside him . |
| 15 | It was exactly like the map that lay on the table . |
| 16 | Lucy also left the bed in a hurry , fastening her jacket and then snatching up a comb that lay on the bedside table . |