Example sentences of "she lay on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while , Jay could no longer pick her out against the distant sand , and she lay on the bed , under a sheet , downed the last of her drink , and slept . |
| 2 | She lay on the grass , beside him , and looked up at the blue sky . |
| 3 | Hopefully as well as affectionately , he did so ; undressing her as she lay on the too-large hotel bed and stroking her shoulders and upper arms . |
| 4 | She lay on the narrow white bed , staring out of the window at the gray-white clouds moving heavily across the October sky , and tried to organize her thinking . |
| 5 | She lay on the table in the doctor 's surgery . |
| 6 | In the attic room she lay on the narrow straw mattress listening to Sally 's snores , watching stars brighten in the charcoal sky and struggling to push away the growing sense of responsibility . |
| 7 | Ruth struggled out of the bunk and , wrapping herself in her shawl , she lay on the floor . |
| 8 | She lay on the chaise longue , fanning herself . |
| 9 | She lay on the bed like a white , stranded whale . |
| 10 | She lay on the bank for a long time waiting patiently until she spotted a whopper . |
| 11 | She lay on the pavement staring up at Maura Ryan , amazed . |
| 12 | So she lay on the floor and looked through the open door , into a beautiful garden with green trees and bright flowers . |
| 13 | She lay on the floor and looked into the garden with one eye . |
| 14 | After ten minutes , Miranda 's neckache had vanished : she lay on the rug , her eyes shut ; she felt boneless and sleepy . |
| 15 | In the afternoons she lay on the bed with the canvas bag beside her . |
| 16 | She lay on the heaving ground , frozen for fear of moving . |
| 17 | So she lay on the floor in the shape of a cross , and prayed . |
| 18 | She lay on the bed and pulled the coverlet up over herself and the golden Satan shone behind her closed eyes . |
| 19 | She lay on the ground , her ear to the culvert , listening . |
| 20 | Stumbling , dizzy , she fumbled her way to No. 5 where she lay on the bell . |
| 21 | She knew she had to keep moving , but she lay on the ground where she had landed . |
| 22 | She lay on the roof looking through the artificial skylight . |
| 23 | She lay on the floor where she 'd fallen in the gas attack . |
| 24 | For half an hour she lay on the floor in pain before they finally left with a hoard of silverware . |