Example sentences of "a [noun sg] lay on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second lay on the floor , writhing and trying to pull the mask off his face . |
| 2 | A magazine lay on the floor beside a wicker chair where she had been sleeping . |
| 3 | A man lay on the grass , his eyes closed . |
| 4 | Another young man in nothing but a tan lay on the deck watching her through sunglasses . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A note lay on the counter-top : |
| 7 | A shoe lay on the ground , next to the driver 's side of the car . |