Example sentences of "[noun] lie with [pos pn] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angalo lay with his face pressed into the sandy soil . |
| 2 | Mrs Cole lay with her eyes closed , unnaturally still . |
| 3 | Another witness , Alexander McEwen saw the driver lying with his arms twisted around a rose bush . |
| 4 | Dressed , or rather undressed , in a satin nightdress , Adele Duncan lay with her eyes closed , one hand thrown dramatically across her face , her long dark hair tumbling over the pillows . |
| 5 | On the following morning , Elinor lay with her eyes closed , apparently sleeping . |
| 6 | Afterwards , Seb lay with his head cradled against Carrie 's breast for a long time . |
| 7 | Captain Delvert , one of the more honest and unpretentious of the French war-writers , describes his shock on approaching the Verdun front for the first time , when his company filed past a man lying with his leg shattered by a shell : |
| 8 | Irene Avery lay with her eyes closed , and for a moment Juliet hoped she would stay asleep so they did n't have to talk . |
| 9 | Leonora lay with her eyes closed , so absorbed that Penry was obliged to turn off the radio to gain her attention . |