Sentence examples for lay a place from inspiring English sources

But behind the commercial patina lay a place of local religious devotion and personal elegance that attracted foreign painters and jewelers, fashion designers and furniture makers and their fancy friends for much of the 20th century.

They are driving us right to the precipice -- beyond which may lay a place of no return.

London have now opened up a seven-point cushion between them and Batley, lying a place outside the play-offs.

As the pilot says, "Somewhere lost in the crowded annals of history lies a place that few have seen.

Across a Stygian dark river lies a place where people are in constant urban combat and deal with bureaucratic government functionaries.

Backpackers are doing lines in their dorms, signing up to visit cocaine factories, and word is going round that somewhere in San Augustin lies a place where you can make your own.

Wherever we may be, amidst these challenges, lies a place between self, others, and the larger geopolitical world where differences are recognized and commonalities explored.

Before me lay a white paper place mat with 12 numbered circles, 6 with glasses on them.

But Leung refused to stick to the script, telling the chamber his loyalties lay with a place he referred to as "the People's Republic of Shina".

He wanted to evoke the imagined feeling of landing on a planet and being the first person to discover it, the sense of awe and trepidation at not knowing what secrets lay within a place's geographical folds and spires.

(Standard 7) Others said bathing in school is also difficult as there is no dry place to lay a sanitary napkin or cloth, and there is no basin or soap.