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The phrase "after lying there for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a duration of time spent in a particular position or state, often implying inactivity or stillness.
Example: "After lying there for hours, she finally decided to get up and start her day."
Alternatives: "after remaining there for" or "after staying there for".
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After lying there for some time I summoned up my strength and tried to rouse myself.
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After lying there awake for a while, she got up and made herself a cup of tea in the kitchen.
After lying there, cold-nosed, for an hour or so listening as the fields and trees came to life, we bought a map from the shop and decided to head for Wastwater.
You're not lying there for nothing.
Every morning after waking I would lie there for a moment, unwilling to open my eyes, unwilling to confront what was always fading away (the lettering on Mother's Day cards, the information ticker-taping over the panel on the digital radio), and I would feel it again, fresh and appalling, as the day's adrenaline began to barrel through my veins.
The stones lay there for years, even after the fill was closed in 1977 and the property changed hands.
Peter lied to me once after he had lain me on the couch in the basement and we lay there for a while, all laid and stuff.
It lay there for a week.
Their bodies lay there for days.
He lay there for several minutes.
I lay there for a while longer.
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