Example sentences of "i lay in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lay in the bracken on the side of the hill and watched them . |
| 2 | We walked here through the gardens and the woods , past the hill where Andy and I lay in the sunlight all those summers ago , into the little glen , then up through the bushes and the dead auburn wreckage of the ferns , to the trees at the summit of the small hill . |
| 3 | I lay in the darkness but my soul lay , the insect 's child , washed in endless light . |
| 4 | I lay in the bed beside him and stared at the ceiling . |
| 5 | — I remember , & never shall forget , my father 's face as he looked upon me while I lay in the servant 's arms — so calm , and the tears stealing down his face : for I was the child of his old age . |
| 6 | As I lay in the ditch I was suddenly conscious of a very strong indescribably sickly smell . |
| 7 | I lay in the bath daydreaming of putters that never missed and that were made of priceless and perfect metals unknown to man , of millions of pounds won on the fairways of the world , and of even more millions made off the course . |
| 8 | I lay in the bath and shaved luxuriously . |
| 9 | But I lay in the bath and thought . |
| 10 | One supports that I lay in the street looking and waiting for a a man they mention tonight and that man is a well known killer of British soldiers . |
| 11 | I lay in the refuge of our old room in the Palace Hotel . |
| 12 | I lay in the chair , waiting . |
| 13 | So I lay in the dinghy for a few minutes , to recover myself , and think . |