Example sentences of "[be] lie in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could I ask you a personal question , if it 's not too rude — what do you think about when you 're lying in the bath ? |
| 2 | ‘ When I see myself , ’ Ted said , ‘ I am Lying in a hammock , just swinging , just swinging . ’ |
| 3 | I am lying in the grass dazed by the sun and the busy ants , by the myriad humming galore of a river on a summer afternoon . |
| 4 | The high velvet shoulder of his doublet smelt musty as though it had been lying in a trunk for centuries . |
| 5 | You do n't know , I mean he could of gone if he 'd been lying in a chair wa watching the |
| 6 | I felt a strong feeling of nausea as I realised that I had put my hand through the chest of a dead British soldier that could have been lying in the ditch for several days . |
| 7 | Imagine my disappointment when I staggered down a hill in murky twilight after its purchase to find that not only had it been lying in the back seat of the car for the duration of my climb , but that it had failed to come up and get me when the daylight failed . |
| 8 | ‘ It must have been lying in the ferns and took fright when I came along . ’ |
| 9 | She picked up a little knife which had been lying in the lap of one of the dolls . |
| 10 | It gave her great qualms that it had been lying in the hall since the morning 's post , as if it had an atmosphere capable of permeating the whole house . |
| 11 | The hammer had been lying in the garden and Youngs had just picked it up . |
| 12 | They are lying in a makeshift morgue , wrapped in brown blankets , and he is still at large . |
| 13 | These creatures appear to be crinoids that have neither stalk nor rootlets and are lying in an inverted position with their mouths on the ground and their five arms outstretched . |
| 14 | The remains of the old Motherwell car are lying in the inspection pit underneath ! |
| 15 | Imagine you are lying in the sunshine on a warm beach in Tahiti . |
| 16 | ‘ While the bodies are lying in the open , blocks of ice are being placed on them . ’ |
| 17 | They are lying in the marsh grass on the edge of Lonesome Snapper Pond . |
| 18 | Normally when you start water-skiing , you are lying in the water with your skis up in the air and the boat goes slowly away and you slowly come up , but this was like being catapulted into the water . |
| 19 | I 'd probably still be lying in a dazed heap in the corner if she had been — I 'm a definite sucker for green eyes . ’ |
| 20 | For Fedorov was still supposed to believe him to be lying in the mud at the bottom of the Danube . |
| 21 | By lunchtime he would be lying in the darkness and the corrosive quicklime . |
| 22 | I 'd like to stay here on the floor but there 's cars beeping at me and I think I 'm lying in the road , so I push myself up and sort of crawl to the pavement . |
| 23 | Anyhow the upshot is , one way or another I 'm lying in the front seat of the Boomerang with my trousers round my knees and copping a twenty-dollar blowjob from a speed-fuelled Zulu called Agnes . |
| 24 | He kept thinking how nice it would be to lie in a hot bath and soak out the cold and the dirt . |
| 25 | My hand shook , spilling my hot milk all down my flannelette frills , and before long they were lying in a heap at my feet . |
| 26 | My envelopes for posting were lying in a heap on the counter . |
| 27 | Several strange-looking animals were lying in a field , and some were sitting in a tree . |
| 28 | They travelled all over the countryside asking farmers if they could buy the rustic doors that were lying in the mud at the back of the barn . |
| 29 | ‘ The five children were lying in the street . |
| 30 | It just took 'em up like that , and took 'em across : some were lying in the ditch , some in the hedge . |