Example sentences of "i lie [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I lie uneasily in the cab , I wonder why it is that I feel propelled to barge in here . |
| 2 | As I lie here under the green , seaweedy tent I remember from some trite television interview , a remark made by Brigitte Bardot , loopy Parisienne , namely that in all her many love affairs she was off at the first sign of the waning of passion . |
| 3 | Whereas I lie there in the night with an expired passport , pushing a baggage trolley with a squeaking wheel across to the wrong carousel . |
| 4 | I do n't want them to ask me any more questions , so what I do is I lie back in the sofa and shut my eyes like I 'm asleep . |
| 5 | I lie down on the bench and try and make myself comfy . |
| 6 | It was a stunning sight , and as I lay idly in the boulders that are reputed to have fallen 1600 metres and half a mile from the South Face of La Meije to the Chatelleret , I thought of the climb to come and let the daylight drift over me . |
| 7 | Laying my pack of cigarettes on the table , I lay back on the bed and looked at the ceiling . |
| 8 | I lay back on the empty bed and looked at my watch . |
| 9 | I lay back on the hot canvas of a recliner and closed my eyes , soaking it in . |
| 10 | As I lay back on the clean white sheet tucked round the hard mattress of the sick room bed and faded into a temporary oblivion , I thought to myself that perhaps early retirement would be no bad thing to consider after all . |
| 11 | Instead I lay back in the heather and savoured the trickle of the burn and the crisp smell of peat-laden ground . |
| 12 | I lay back in the long chair . |
| 13 | And I lay back in the cradling pouch-seat , enjoying the feeling of being safe and relaxed — and financially secure for a while , with that fee safely tucked away in my Fedbank account . |
| 14 | I lay down across the path . |
| 15 | I lay down on the ground and looked through the windows , right into the King 's rooms . |
| 16 | I lay down on the rug in front of the fire and dozed off . |
| 17 | I lay down on the Pennine moors |
| 18 | I lay down in the woods and went to sleep . |