Example sentences of "[det] that lie " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt she 'd lived a zillion eternities , crossed endless lifeless galaxies , bearing her solitude , waiting for US , waiting for the fulfilment of all that lay between them . |
| 2 | Anticipating this difficulty for their new employee , the oil company installed an incinerator loo which , at the press of a button , was triggered into fiery life as six flame-throwing nozzles squirting blazing diesel in all directions enveloping and consuming all that lay in its path . |
| 3 | All that lay before a young lady of breeding was duty to parents and hopefully a good marriage . |
| 4 | The brigade , with its supporting artillery , was all that lay between the French and victory . |
| 5 | But all that lay there was a splintered peg and a twisted length of wire . |
| 6 | The monastic continuator of the Croyland Chronicle wrote of the same events in hysterical terms ; the northern army moved south like a swarm of locusts , ravaging all that lay in its path . |
| 7 | Carnivores can be divided into those that lay in wait as opposed to actively hunting for their prey . |
| 8 | Those that lie in local spaces having intersections with other spaces will be forced to have an association , if only in terms of their need to cohabit within the same region of the geometric domain . |
| 9 | I want every house in Albert Terrace and any that lie between the terrace and the town checked . |