Sentence examples for had once lain on from inspiring English sources

They had once lain on their backs in the graveyard and composed a joint poem.

A few steps from Cavafy's apartment was where Alexander the Great's body had once lain on display, encased in a gold sarcophagus.

Ms. William said her son today has nothing in common with the boy who once lay on the floor, turning in circles like a clock wound too tight.

IN WRITING RECENTLY about the meaning of life, I mentioned that I had once contemplated that question while lying on a boxcar and looking up at the stars.

What had once appeared solid, now lay in fragments: certainty had turned into doubt.

So the question becomes, "What can I learn from this?" Once again, I had to lay on one side as the oil bubble they had inserted put the retina back in place.

An oil tanker lay on its side near the spot that had once been the car port, beside a heap of metal that looked like it had once been a tractor.

"I think you could lay logs on them," said Dr. Thorson, who figured that logs had once covered a low -- and often wet -- stretch of the road.

Four bodies, including that of her sister, were later discovered lying on top of each other under the rubble where the women's restroom had once stood.

Ms. Tabaka used to work as a show model herself, and "once had a guy lie on my turntable, take off his shoes and socks, and start pulling on his toes, all in the middle of a presentation".

"Had to lie on Amsterdam sidewalk".