Below you will find example sentences with "man lying". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Man Lying in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: lying
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 24.9 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 2 start, 14 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "man lying" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as found a man lying in the, a young man lying in the, ground, road and police stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with iron man, man aged, young man and lying down, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with man lying
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
When officers got there they found a man lying on the road. (12 words)
The guest house staff noticed the man lying unconscious on Sunday morning and alerted the police. (16 words)
Upon further assessment, paramedics found a man lying in the road who had sustained moderate to serious injuries. (18 words)
State park rangers found the first man lying inside Restroom 2 in Perris Beach near the lake, with multiple gunshot wounds, after rangers received a call about “shots fired” about 3:05 p.m., said John Rowe, a state parks superintendent. (41 words)
AP footage shows two children with face injuries rushed inside Al-Aqsa hospital, while a man lying on a stretcher inside an ambulance was wailing in pain as two other men were lying face down. (35 words)
Video footage recorded by a bystander shows a man in a Richmond beanie repeatedly punch and stomp on a man lying on the road, while two other men can be seen assaulting another man behind. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
AP footage shows two children with face injuries rushed inside Al-Aqsa hospital, while a man lying on a stretcher inside an ambulance was wailing in pain as two other men were lying face down.
Video footage recorded by a bystander shows a man in a Richmond beanie repeatedly punch and stomp on a man lying on the road, while two other men can be seen assaulting another man behind.
Arriving officers found one man lying unconscious on the ground, while the other man, Abbe, refused police commands to drop objects he was holding.
Man found dead near Metra UP-NW tracks in Jefferson ParkSomeone spotted the man lying in a fenced-in area along Ainslie Street near the Metra tracks and the Kennedy Expressway, police said.
A Magen David Adom paramedic who attended the scene said he found the seriously injured man lying next to the vehicle, conscious and with shrapnel wounds.
A witness told the he heard multiple gunshots and people yelling before looking out of the window to see a man lying on the ground and another being tended to by police.
Deputies from the Vista Sheriff’s Station arrived on the scene to find the man lying unconscious on the ground, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
During the investigation, Key West Police officers located a local homeless man lying on the ground in the alleyway nearby.
He then left the 61-year-old man lying underneath a parked car with life-threatening injuries as he drove away.
A motorcycle cart roared up with a man lying motionless in the back, part of his pants soaked with blood.
It comes after different footage posted on social media on Saturday appeared to show the MP shouting and pointing his finger at a man lying in the street.
Shortly before 3 a.m., officers responded to shots fired in the 8500 block of South Vincennes Avenue and found an unresponsive man lying on the ground.
A video circulating on the Internet saw the wounded man lying in the road with a large crowd gathered around him.
Courtney MacDonald said she heard the crash and looked out to see a young man lying in the street.
State park rangers found the first man lying inside Restroom 2 in Perris Beach near the lake, with multiple gunshot wounds, after rangers received a call about “shots fired” about 3:05 p.m., said John Rowe, a state parks superintendent.
The guest house staff noticed the man lying unconscious on Sunday morning and alerted the police.
Upon further assessment, paramedics found a man lying in the road who had sustained moderate to serious injuries.
When officers got there they found a man lying on the road.
According to ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring they arrived on the scene around 8pm and found a man lying in the middle of the road.
A paramedic who arrived at the scene said he found the girl and the man lying on the ground.