Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] lay on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her dress lay on the floor , the linoleum nursery floor — weighted by its beads , it had fallen into serpentine coils . |
| 2 | Her suitcase lay on the floor , the clothes tumbling over its sides . |
| 3 | The body of their steward lay on the floor in a pumping fountain of blood . |
| 4 | The two women students who rented rooms from her had gone to church , and the remains of their breakfast lay on the table in the breakfast nook . |
| 5 | His ball lay on the virgin turf beyond . |
| 6 | His wife lay on the floor on a mat , attended by the servant girl . |
| 7 | Then , pretending for a moment that he was back there , he would turn round and face the back of his cage , open his wings , and glide down the few feet to where his food lay on the ground , pretending that it was prey and that the few feet was hundreds of feet , and that he could feel strong winds on his wings and was an adult eagle , and free , free to fly where he liked . |
| 8 | His hand lay on the formica top and she longed to rest her own within it . |