Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] lay on the " in BNC.
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1 | In Franklin 's draft , she had deduced that the phosphate groups of the backbone lay on the outside , and the bases on the inside , of the double helix ; and her notebooks show that she had already formed the notion of base interchangeability . |
2 | She and the soldier lay on the grass ; |
3 | The defences on the Danube had been neglected , for as long as the frontier lay on the Dniester the inhabitants of Moesia believed themselves to be secure . |
4 | All the shame lay on the ravisher only . |
5 | And the body lay on the gravel |
6 | The corpse lay on the ground , arms and legs detached from the body . |
7 | The dress lay on the floor and my mother picked it up tenderly , as though it was a child . |
8 | The kite lay on the wind-ruffled grass like an impatient manta , rippling . |
9 | The book lay on the table in front of them . |
10 | The patient lay on the bed to be got ready . |
11 | The medical centre door was ajar , and the patient lay on the couch , a middle-aged lady with a pale face under the pink of her sunburn , and shallow , laboured breathing . |
12 | The officer lay on the chalky road where his blood showed remarkably bright against the white dust . |
13 | The gun lay on the covers , where she had put it down while they were talking . |
14 | A second lay on the floor , writhing and trying to pull the mask off his face . |
15 | A magazine lay on the floor beside a wicker chair where she had been sleeping . |
16 | A man lay on the grass , his eyes closed . |
17 | Another young man in nothing but a tan lay on the deck watching her through sunglasses . |
18 | He was standing at the open window in his pyjamas , the shotgun in his hand , staring out at the front field where the black splash of a jackdaw lay on the white ground beneath the ash tree . |
19 | A note lay on the counter-top : |
20 | A shoe lay on the ground , next to the driver 's side of the car . |
21 | An airman lay on the ground close by . |