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So the film set pub lay for a year-and-a-half in a yard on Achill Island - and when Luke offered to buy it from his brother-in-law, he was told he could have it for nothing.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2023
As Morantz lay for six days in a hospital bed recovering from the rattlesnake bite, police and reporters began to put the pieces together.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2022
The outpouring of sadness triggered by Elizabeth's death has already drawn large crowds in Scotland, where she lay for 24 hours in St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.
From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2022
Last week, a body lay for hours in a Bangkok street, incurring the wrath of an embarrassed prime minister.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2021
There they lay for a while, too tired yet to eat; and peering out through the holes in the covert they watched for the slow growth of day.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
