Sentence examples for has been laying around from inspiring English sources

As the plastic has been laying around for years it has been incorporated into the top layers of the soil and unintentionally ends up part of the building materials.

"It had been laying around in my basement for years," Mr. Scott said in an interview.

The pictures in Passenger Seat have been laying around for some time.

The pictures in Passenger Seat have been laying around for some time, so it's not like I've only been working on this book for all those years.

Using a bit of acetone is a great way of quickly cleaning up old stainless steel tools that have been laying around collecting grease.

Officials determined that "old age" had caused the break in a 12-foot pipe that had been laid around 1923, according to Steven W. Lawitts, first deputy commissioner of New York City's Department of Environmental Protection, which runs the water and sewer system.

Villagers in the area reported that land mines had been laid around the camp's perimeter, a claim yet to be confirmed by a United Nations team working to remove mines in the region.

Helicopters have bombed their homes, land mines have been laid around their communities and the water that they depend on is being contaminated by mercury from illegal mining operations.

And now that high finance has been laid low around the world, German officials have shown little remorse about ending Mr. Flowers's engagement at Hypo. "They absolutely despise Flowers," said one official in Berlin briefed about the government's efforts, who requested anonymity because the issue was unresolved.

A carcass has been laid out in the sun, flies buzzing around it and crows and egrets pecking at its skin.

Around 10% of the workforce has been laid off.