Ben onu aramaya çalıştım, ama hat meşguldü.
- I tried to call him up, but the line was busy.
Onu aradım, ancak hat meşguldü.
- I called her, but the line was busy.
Oyun alanı, beyaz çizgiler tarafından üçe bölünmüş.
- The playground is divided into three areas by white lines.
Zamana bağlı bir toplumda zaman lineer olarak görülür-yani geçmişten şimdiki zamana ve geleceğe doğru uzanan düz bir çizgi olarak.
- In a time-bound society time is seen as linear- in other words as a straight line extending from the past, through the present, to the future.
Tom üç saat kuyrukta beklemek zorunda kaldı.
- Tom had to wait in line for three hours.
Tom bir saat kuyrukta bekledi.
- Tom stood in line for an hour.
Pliny states that the inhabitants of India take pleasure in having their dog bitches lined by the wild tigers, and to facilitate this union, they are in the habit of tieing them when in heat out in the woods, so that the male tigers may visit them.