Example sentences of "lying down [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to stay lying down for a bit to make my headache go away , but I made a puddle on the pavement and I got to move . |
| 2 | I was tired , Thérèse said : so I was lying down for a bit . |
| 3 | Five pirates were on their feet , and another man was lying down with a head wound . |
| 4 | Finch had picked up some Arabic and heard the interpreter translating the image into a metaphysical one about a camel ( whichever is a camel ) lying down with a camel ( whichever is a camel ) . |
| 5 | These receptors wrongly interpret the increased return of blood when lying down as a sign that excess blood volume has caused the blood vessels to become ‘ overfull ’ and so the kidney is instructed to remove the excess water and salts . |
| 6 | We spotted our first reindeer lying down in a hollow by the roadside some distance ahead and , as I had a telephoto lens on the camera , the others encouraged me to have a go at stalking it . |
| 7 | ‘ After that I was just lying down in a hospital bed . ’ |