This was something neither of them was going to take lying down.

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The more serious class-action complaints, each of which can potentially result in hundreds of millions of dollars in liability, are complaints the company has decided it won't take lying down.

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The lost amenities and added population density, they said, would cut their property value by a third, and they were not going to take it lying down.

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But don't expect the companies to take it lying down.

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The HENRYs will not take this lying down.

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The Lebanese may not take this lying down.

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In one country, Japanese TV makers are not going to take this fight lying down.

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But Ms Li does not believe the search giant will take the challenge lying down.

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Google, to be sure, won't take this news lying down, as its recent bid for wireless spectrum exemplifies.

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Mr Landry is unlikely to take all that lying down.

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He's not a man who's going to take any of this lying down.

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In an interview with the Observer, Mr Huhne said people did not have to take price increases "lying down".

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