However, a variety of obstacles lie in his path.

"They will destroy all that lies in their path, and no one can stop them."

You can't see what obstacles or dangers lie in your path.

He took one step forward, then faltered when he saw the face of the body lying in his path.

What if one of these creatures was lying in our path?

On the way back the now-quiet Martian animal was lying in his path.

He came to a piece of the black rock, lying in his path.

Most importantly, he will want to know if any rarefied gas is lying in his path.

I saw that it would lie in your path, no matter where you went.

Sensing rather than seeing something lying in her path, she stopped abruptly.