Sentence examples for have lay from inspiring English sources

To address this potential conflict, the Vatican needs to have lay Catholics, preferably experienced psychiatrists and psychologists, as part of any investigative or disciplinary board.

"And whereas every church used to have its own priest, now you have a lot of parishes that just have lay administrators and no priest at all.

Eva Rausing, the wife of an heir to the Tetra Pak fortune, may have lay dead for up to a week in a bedroom at the couple's £50m central London home, it emerged yesterday.

Nick Clegg's intervention ensured that the commissioning bodies will have lay people on them, will be much more transparent in how they act, and will consult HealthWatch and other local bodies.

Four out of five of the nation's 178 dioceses have lay boards to evaluate accusations, but critics question whether the boards are aggressive or open enough, given that the bishops appoint their members.

After listening, Scobie suggested he had heard that the real blame for the noise was said to have lay with some unemployed white British residents and convinced the man to take a Labour election leaflet with particular prominence given to the party's line on immigration – including preventing new immigrants from claiming benefits for two years.

That way madness would have lain.

Pick up an object that you have lying around.

Use what you have lying around.

Ex. "I have lain in bed for two hours".

Grab anything "quick" you might have lying around.