Example sentences of "[that] lie [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Opposition Members to suggest that we should have nuclear weapons but not the ability to test shows how little they understand the responsibility that lies with a nuclear power . |
| 2 | ‘ You see how easy it is , McAllister , ’ he whispered suddenly , and he kissed the top of her head , ‘ when it is love that lies between a man and a woman , and not hate and fear . ’ |
| 3 | We respond to the sense of completeness given by four points that lie on a circle . |
| 4 | She moved up the stairs past the few skins that lay on a table and made her way into the office . |
| 5 | I took a pile of the French and American magazines that lay on a table in the corner and went out under the colonnade . |
| 6 | Forcing herself , she worked for an hour or two on the great heap of stuff purloined from the skips that lay in a corner of the hall ; fitting a curtain here , laying a rug there . |
| 7 | It was just at this moment that the fisherman was trying to escape from the sea-king 's palace , struggling , with the golden cradle in his arms , to swim up through the great weight of sea that lay like a dome above . |