lie in
Example Sentences
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Some people used the Easter Monday bank holiday as a chance to have a much-needed lie-in.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025
He likes the lie-in, too, because it annoys the wrong people.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2020
Meanwhile Sky's Kay Burley also said she would miss him, urging the outgoing presenter to enjoy a lie-in after decades of early wake-ups on the current affairs breakfast show.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2019
Even at their busiest, Suuronen did not employ more than a dozen people and each started work at 10am, thanks to the boss’s fondness for a lie-in.
From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2018
I am now at my brother's house, on my way to Skye, to attend my daughter, who is to lie-in in August; they are all in health at present.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Thomson, Mrs.
