Example sentences of "lying down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In daytime sleep , such an effect is not present and night-workers can vouch for the broken sleep produced by the more rapid filling of the bladder after lying down during the daytime . |
| 2 | Yes , but On the last comment that er Chris made er bringing us and the letter to county about the the failure of the meeting on the twenty second cos we feel that they are just lying down to the situation and not pursuing a pursuing the D A P about whatsoever and erm we are , certainly in John 's letter probably get it signed tonight complaining and asking for a a meeting as soon as possible because we feel that that they ought to be pursuing the question of these two sites , they 're dragging their feet ! |
| 3 | Conflict in nature would be resolved , with the lion lying down with the lamb . |
| 4 | This winsome description fits in with the descriptions of the messianic age in the book of Isaiah , with the wolf lying down with the lamb , the lion and the ox eating straw together , and the little child playing happily and fearlessly with them and even putting its little hand unhurt into the hole of the poisonous viper . |
| 5 | Whilst lying down with the baby beside you in line with your body . |
| 6 | She considered lying down on the floor , covered with fallen dresses , and waited for their touch on her neck . |
| 7 | Gould remembers following the driver and lying down on the floor of the car face down , waiting for the ambush to pass . |
| 8 | But perhaps when you 're lying down on the floor and tied up by little people you can hardly see and do n't believe in , that 's not the best time to start communicating . |
| 9 | He 's lying down on the floor having a nice lie down are n't you Toby ? |
| 10 | ‘ Laura ! ’ he groaned , tossing aside his shirt and swiftly divesting himself of his clothes before lying down on the bed beside her . |
| 11 | The authorities also drafted regulations to circumscribe public activity in Tiananmen Square itself , which included the prohibition of any memorial activity and of " joking and playing , sitting and lying down on the ground " . |
| 12 | One morning , Santa found him lying down on the snow , staring at a dead flower with tears dropping off his little cheeks . |
| 13 | Freudian dream analysis proceeded by the patient 's lying down on the couch , and in as relaxed a frame of mind as possible recounting his or her dream , and then considering the dream images in turn , providing free associations to the object represented . |
| 14 | He decided to throw himself off the parapet of the bridge instead of lying down on the track . |
| 15 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 16 | It was less easy to convince herself that the thought of lying down on the bench with fitzAlan , with hardly a stitch of clothing between them , did n't scare the wits out of her . |
| 17 | ‘ They just used to crawl around in swamps and stuff , and all they breathed was stink , ’ said Hrun , lying down in the bunk . |
| 18 | I do n't recall ever seeing a big beardy climber lying down in the heather having a tantrum , or a party of Outward Bound students holding their heads and crying into their gaiters , so one is forced to conclude that I am alone in my hill hysteria . |
| 19 | A little later we saw another cow and then through my glasses I picked up a bull lying down in the distance . |
| 20 | I think all that stuff is just lying down in the face of the mass media . |
| 21 | From this distance Bourke says he was unable to contact Blake by radio and therefore he would drive to Old Oak Common Lane , park his car and then walk across Old Oak Common with his radio to a point dose to the north side of the prison from where he could re-establish contact , lying down in the grass so that he would not be seen . |
| 22 | No it 's not the soap in that box is lying down in the coal hole . |