Example sentences of "the [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 . |