Example sentences of "lying [adj] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Field barns were built to serve land lying some distance from the farmstead , or which could only be reached from it by way of steep hills . |
| 2 | He had hit a drive off line down the left side of the tenth fairway — a crucial moment , since he was then lying three shots behind the joint leaders . |
| 3 | They develop , pair by pair , lying either side of the future spinal cord . |
| 4 | This gain is accompanied by dispersion , just as in a laser , which is such as to reduce the frequency interval between two modes lying either side of the pump frequency ( mode-pulling ) . |
| 5 | Her third cup of tea she balanced on her stomach , lying full length on the bed and pointing her stockinged toes into the air , sighting various objects over them with one eye closed . |
| 6 | Stephen is lying full length on the grass , the dog curled inside his arm , snuffling against his shirt . |
| 7 | Gabriel took himself to the top of a steep grass slope and , lying full length in the grass , rolled from top to bottom , over and over and over , until he was soaking wet and extremely dizzy . |
| 8 | Wrapped in a polythene bag measuring nine by 18 inches , the money was lying four inches below the surface . |
| 9 | With King 6-4 ahead and lying two shots around the jack , Corsie produced a perfectly weighted bowl that threaded its way between King 's two counters to take shot . |
| 10 | With King 6-4 ahead and lying two shots around the jack , Corsie produced a perfectly weighted bowl that threaded its way between King 's two counters to take shot . |
| 11 | Lying Deliberate distortion of the facts to preserve a position in the group . |