Example sentences of "[det] [noun] lay [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That tovarisch lay in the earth , |
| 2 | But he might at least be " useful " , as he had wanted , and part of that usefulness lay in the fact that , on one level at least , his poetry could have a public and national purpose — although , when the war had been won , he no longer cared to draw attention to those aspects of it . |
| 3 | There existed a second manor of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul 's Cathedral , close to Chesewic , and that manor lay between the river and Turnham Green and was called Sutton which it is thought probably derived its name from South Town . |
| 4 | For days this hush lay on the house like dust . |
| 5 | The beauty of this strategy lay in the fact that , if the opening manoeuvre were successful , the Germans would take the French centre and right wing armies in rear , with the added bonus that these troops would then have to fight with their backs to their own line of fortifications along the German border . |
| 6 | Another door lay on the other side of the room . |
| 7 | The reason for this unease lay in the doubtful practicability of total self-sufficiency . |
| 8 | And once this mountain lay under the |
| 9 | Perhaps a mature perception of this fact lay behind the rather surprising acquiescence of most Norman lords in William the Conqueror 's succession as duke in 1035 , though he was but a child and a bastard . |
| 10 | In almost every one of the analyses that he showed , the primary enabling inventions that led to such advances lay in the materials field . |
| 11 | He was , however , prone to gaffes , and doubts were repeatedly raised about how much substance lay behind the impressive campaign style . |
| 12 | There were no significant differences between the groups in bone area , osteoid perimeter , or mineralising perimeter ( table ) , and 95% of these values lay within the ranges reported for normal postmenopausal women . |
| 13 | One quite serious limitation in the original selection of these authorities lay in the criterion for selection which seemed to rest in the main on those authorities whose drama advisers happened to be currently in favour with H.M.I . |
| 14 | Practically all the work of these composers lay in the fields of Mass , motet , and chanson . |
| 15 | Whiteley wrote that the significance of these papers lay in the valuable service they performed of establishing Swahili as a means of communication in printed form . |
| 16 | Adesangé , god of the volcano , was the lord of Sycorax 's rites , and Ariel , even in her mutism , was startled by the fervour of the woman who had once been so sceptical of others ' belief in her powers , who used to insist that all mysteries lay in the processes of nature and need only be observed and analysed and understood . |
| 17 | Even in the sciences it was thought in later antiquity that all wisdom lay in the past . |
| 18 | We noted , for example , that control lay outside the school . |
| 19 | The Purple Hour had come and gone and it was full night now , so that moonlight lay across the forest , gleaming coldly , silvering the outlines of the Trees and the silhouettes of the awakening naiads and dryads . |
| 20 | The garrison consisted of 200 regulars , plus some Argyllshire militia , and was vastly outnumbered by the Jacobites , but the defenders enjoyed naval support , for several vessels lay alongside the fort and assisted its guns in some effective counter-battery fire . |
| 21 | Most small towns of any significance lay on the principal roads ; some also enjoyed the advantages provided by a nearby river . |
| 22 | There seems little doubt that a personal disappointment dictated Nithard 's reaction here , and the natural explanation is that Nithard 's own lands lay within the newly-conceded region , that is , between the Scheldt and the Meuse . |
| 23 | Lazarsfeld 's own contribution lay in the study of voting choice and the studies on the effects of the mass media and , during the Second World War , collaborating on studies of Nazi propaganda and race relations , among others . |
| 24 | With such presentations he was helped by one of his sons-in-law , Arthur Hatton , whose own interest lay in the spectacular . |
| 25 | After the tackle , both players lay on the ground with their legs entangled . |