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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Had a splendid lie-in till about 10am - finishing one of Jilly Cooper's novels.
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I am a nurse working shifts and enjoyed, and needed, early nights and morning lie-ins.
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It is 0320 before the team finally get to bed, with the Captain promising them a lie-in until 1000 hours.
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Juliet had been glad of her lie-in , but it would have been nice to be here with him.
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On Sunday mornings, she had a lie-in , seldom rising before ten o'clock.
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The enforced lie-in was welcome; we caught the tide and enjoyed a short, rough crossing to Taransay.
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The family had a lie-in on Saturdays.