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  • She was becoming cramped in her position, half-leaning over and half-lying down.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • She was becoming cramped in her position, half-leaning over and half-lying down.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • He turned me and gave me a hard shove, so that my legs hit the bed and I fell, half-lying on the rough blankets.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • Or which is more likely the lower part of her body was photographed while she was lying on her back or at least half-lying on an inclined plane.

    The Gap: The World According To Gap Cosmo7 2009

  • One or both of them must have been at least half-lying, I honestly have no particular preconception as to which.

    How not to write letters Alix Mortimer 2009

  • They were drawn up in a rough circle, grouped in twos and threes before their silent machines, and in the middle of the circle, sprawled upon the roadway, was a boy, half-sitting, half-lying, yellow haired and slight of build, blood streaming down his white face.

    Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009

  • One or both of them must have been at least half-lying, I honestly have no particular preconception as to which.

    Could local be the new British? Alix Mortimer 2009

  • Opposite to me there was a door wide open into a bed room, and on a bed opposite to the door a very sick-looking young man was half-lying, half-sitting, fully dressed, supported by another, and a very sick-looking young man much resembling him passed in and out occasionally, or leaned on the chimney piece in an attitude of extreme dejection.

    A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

  • Frau Lenore was not quite well; she had a sick headache, and, half-lying down in an easy chair, she tried to keep perfectly still.

    The Torrents of Spring 2006

  • "Not really the weapon anyone thinks it is," Pepper said, half-lying.

    Crystal Rain 2006

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