Sentence examples for arrived lay from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "arrived lay" is not correct and does not make sense in written English.
It seems to be a combination of two verbs that do not work together in this context.
Example: "After the long journey, we arrived and lay down to rest."
Alternatives: "arrived and rested" or "arrived and reclined".

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A baby born just two hours before I arrived lay listlessly with his mother on one of the cots.

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When she arrived, lying limp in her mother Halima Owye's arms, she weighed even less.

When everyone arrives, lay down the law.

Between clicking "BUY" and answering the door when U.P.S. arrives lies a mystery — a chain of events that only comes to mind if you make a conscious effort.

By Nadine Zylberberg February 28 , 2014"Between clicking 'BUY' and answering the door when U.P.S. arrives lies a mystery — a chain of events that only comes to mind if you make a conscious effort".

But by the time police arrived, Martin lay dead with a gunshot wound in the chest.

A steady flow of people arrived to lay flowers at the corner of John Wilson Street and Artillery Place, a few hundreds yards from the entrance to the barracks.

Some 30 hours after they arrived, Ronald Krol lay on one of the army-style cots Port Authority workers doled out the night before.

Throughout the day, a steady stream of people arrived to lay flowers on the pavement outside the Holiday Express hotel, a few yards down the street from the scene but as close as police would let them.

KINSHASA, Congo — Sacks of newly arrived ballots lay piled in the mud at decrepit fairgrounds at the edge of town on Monday, a day before officials here were supposed to declare a winner in this country's presidential election — and nearly a week after the vote.

The driver did not leave and 911 was called, but in the time before rescue personnel arrived, Aguilar lay on the sidewalk next to a bus stop.

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