The Comte takes the jewel-case which lies ready to his hand.

However, most of our baggage is already loaded and the fleet lies ready to depart.

But there is one, this one, my brothers, who lies ready.

To undermine the Empire till it lies ready for conquest?

If anything could hurt me, it would be the wooden shaft lying ready in the contraption.

She walked slowly back to her room and looked at the dress lying ready across the bed.

She was already flipping through the center section of it, a notebook and pen lying ready at her elbow.

Get out of the way there, lying ready to trip me up!

There are normally 8 to 10 inches of snow lying ready to run downhill in spring.

That it is there lying ready for them is only an accident.