Sentence examples for before lay from inspiring English sources

It was in Zora's bedroom, where, spread out half naked on Zora's bedspread, as Ira had been just a few days before, lay Bruno.

A jug of urine sat on a chair, and the jacket and trousers Jackson had worn to a rehearsal the night before lay strewn on the floor.

At least since Carver's death, and long before lay readers were able to judge for themselves, as they will now be able to with the publication of Beginners, there have been whispers about Lish's impact on Carver.

The night before, lay out your clothes.

The night/day before, lay out/hang up what you are planning to wear.

If your parents come to check on you because you have gone out before, lay pillows, stuffed animals, or other blankets to form your shape in your bed.

Once or twice, he lifted his head, half raising his torso, before lying down again.

Blankly they gaze at their bare pubic mounds before lying back on the daybed.

Frease managed to escape the melee and wander upcourt, bleeding profusely, before lying down and receiving treatment.

Watched by armed men, women and their babies, then everyone else, took the poison before lying down to die.

Just snatched up his drink and dispatched it, before lying on the floor and closing his eyes.