Sentence examples for only lie there from inspiring English sources

With no way forward and no reinforcements behind them, Willis recalled that, "No rally could be made for another charge, and we could only lie there, hugging the ground and protecting ourselves as well as we might from the heavy firing still poured in upon us, through the entire day".

Even more concerning, when the doctors moved Oregón's breathing tube around to test whether it would still provoke a natural coughing response, he only lay there — no cough, no fidgeting, nothing.

The suit claims that in a meeting Currie requested for feedback on a musical performance, Ruske compared her performance to sex, "stating that listening to [her] play made him feel like the two of them were having sexual intercourse but that [she], though very beautiful, was only lying there and not doing anything".

"Just lie there".

"I just lie there.

They just lie there.

It just lay there.

He just lay there.

"And he just lay there.

It's just lying there.

They were just lying there.