Sentence examples for were ordered to lie from inspiring English sources
The villagers were ordered to lie face-down.
Those who could not recite the creed were ordered to lie down.
The group of around 270 transferred prisoners were ordered to lie face down on the ground for several hours until the silence was broken by gunfire and screaming.
The men were ordered to lie down until the enemy came nearer; almost all the officers kept on their feet, though".
The couple, Rabia Mohammed, 23, and her husband, Shazam Khan, 29, were ordered to lie on the ground, the police said.
"The non-Somalis were ordered to read some verses of the holy Koran, and those who failed to read were ordered to lie down.
When they offered to withdraw from all participation in the war, they were ordered to lay down their arms as the price of a regular treaty.
"The Yazidi men were ordered to lay down facing the ground; they were filmed by ISIL fighters before being shot several times".
I was ordered to lie down so that no one could see me.
"They may be ordered to lie down on the ground," it said.
Jurors were discharged following what the defence said was an "avalanche" of prejudicial media reports after the Milly verdicts, and the charge was ordered to lie on file.
