He saw the hand lying on the table before him.

He tried not to think of what would lie before them then.

As to what may lie before us, it is perhaps less serious than we at first thought.

"Especially when a time of change lies before us all."

For a moment it seemed my own father was lying here before me.

He'll be quite content to lie at her feet before the fire.

We have found such an island; it lies before us.

But we shook our head, lying before them on the floor.

"Is that the will lying on the table there before you?"

This is what lies directly before us but which we have not been able to see.