Sentence examples for originally lying from inspiring English sources

Bush has even admitted it (after originally lying about it).

But the motivations that originally lay behind their conquests through the Mediterranean world are far harder to pin down.

Priene originally lay along the Maeander River's mouth, but about 350 bc the citizens built a new city farther inland, on the present site.

The power of the kingdom originally lay in the south, where the ruling Érainn clan had their chief fortress at Temuir Érann in the Ballyhoura Hills in what is now County Limerick.

Incomprehensibly disjointed and stunningly dull, this edit has been accused of "whitewashing" Linton's movie, cutting back the black and Latino characters who originally lay at its core to put its white stars centre stage.

Since the Lebanese department of antiquities owns this bit of history – it originally lay under a Christian school demolished more than a century ago – there are no legal problems, no property claims, no developers hustling for an early end to archaeological discoveries.

Shortly afterward, in the early Permian Period (about 290 million years ago), north-plunging subduction along the present-day Kunlun Mountains which originally lay flush to the south of the North Tarim fragment rifted open the Junggar (Dzungarian) and Tarim basins.

The political influence of the Commons originally lay in their right to grant taxes.

Originally, lay status did not bar election to the Bishop of Rome.

The fort originally lay on the waterfront, which then ran along the main street of the town but has since retreated.

I believe he was lying originally when he defended his lord and liege, Roger Clemens.