Example sentences of "[that] [vb past] lie [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hefting a large , heavy pair of cable-cutters that had lain on a shelf , she let the first two go by . |
| 2 | The Atocha was a true time capsule and I will never forget the thrill of handling pieces that had lain on the ocean floor for over 350 years . |
| 3 | " I do wish I had a Naughty Friend , " Nicandra spoke from the bottom of her heart as she lagged her way back to Dada and the sofa , bringing the red leather-bound book that had lain on top of other red leather-bound books piled one above the other on the lower shelf of a mahogany whatnot . |
| 4 | The wind surged around the little car , streaking past across the expanse of long brown grass still flattened from the snow that had lain on it over the winter . |
| 5 | It was fitting , granted pop 's liberation of the private , that the sexuality that had lain for so long as ‘ private ’ under the dominant culture now became public with shocking force : ‘ I noticed that several of the men and women present had weals across their back and buttocks . |
| 6 | In the excitement , the sheet of paper that had lain beneath the glass fluttered to the floor . |
| 7 | His father 's body that had lain in the great lead-lined stone coffin there for forty years was reverently removed and buried below the flagstones inside the chapel , which was hung with black , and the old man was told that all was ready for him . |