Sentence examples for it lay down from inspiring English sources

According to one account, she could even charm her way around animals: when a "vicious Alsatian dog, trained to bite and break necks," found her hiding under a bush with some partisans, she placed her arm around it, and "it lay down beside her, ignoring its handler's whistles".

The first time Grimaud met Alawa, she recalls, it lay down on its side and allowed her to caress the length of its body.

With a wheelbase 11 inches longer than the Elise's, the Evora proved less twitchy near its limits, and its fatter tires and supple suspension helped it lay down more power coming out of turns.

Hamburg was so afraid of the name FCB Munich that it lay down like a puppy on its back.

First it lay down in the road outside one of the buildings the company had occupied, between troop carriers.

The local villagers tried to destroy the animal, but it ran off only to return later, whereupon it lay down and died.

And suddenly once more I wish I could stand in front of it, lie down in it, inhale its fragrance.

But, did she take it lying down?

We certainly didn't take it lying down".

She reached to answer it, lying down in the process.

"I'm not going to take it lying down," Ms. Hewlett said.