The phrase "lying close" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is near or close to something else. For example, "The two villages were lying close to each other in the valley."
Dendrochronological dating of selected RCHs lying close together could not detect significant spatiotemporal relationships or patterns.
The chopped foliage that could have offered protection is lying close by.
The muscle of Riolan, lying close to the lid margins, contributes to keeping the lids in close apposition.
The same cannot be said of much else of the capital lying close to its aquatic spine.
On Saturday morning the bodies of more than 300 reindeers were found on a mountain plateau, all lying close together.
The exact position of the lintel was not recorded, but I remember it as lying close to the northeast corner of Structure 74.
He was lying close to a Sepoy [Indian soldier] who was firing grenades from a discharger-cup, the remainder of his section being in position beside him.
With clean spillways and empty reservoirs, they stand ready to capture rivers of boulders — these deep dry craters, lying close above the properties they protect.
A boy was found lying close to the body of a woman, along with two other women found in the hall, said Parks Evans, the Greenville County coroner.
"It's insane – but that's the basic human instinct, to help another human being who is sitting or standing or lying close to you".
Excellent correspondence between the two statistical maps was observed, with fMRI maxima lying close to all meta-analysis peaks and statistical values at the peaks identified by the two techniques correlating strongly.
