lie

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I am satisfied now that my duties do not lie here, though the dear creatures here will be a constant motive for work and economy.

The buffaloes generally keep to the pools and muddy places, where they lie wallowing or basking in the warm mud for hours.

When all was ready the mother carried the bride to that chamber where she should lie, to disarray her for the night.

Could I lie here in bed, and let that delicate little thing work for me out there in the kitchen?

Evidently these people had swallowed every lie his enemies had printed.

They tell me that vapours rise up from the land and lie above it like a cloud.

Impeachment will lie against all kinds of crimes and misdemeanours, and against offenders of all ranks.

Now if you don't mind,' says he, 'I'll lie down on that couch and doze off for about nine minutes before Mr. Tucker comes.

She was very unscrupulous in her diplomacy, and did not stick at a lie when an evasion would no longer serve.

His army was to lie to the north of the 6th French Army, with its centre crossing the river Somme.

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