Example sentences of "lay for a few " in BNC.

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1 She lay for a few moments watching the patterns it made on the ceiling .
2 Grandma lay for a few days drifting in and out of sleep , unaware of everything about her , until one afternoon when Julia and Carrie were sitting with her .
3 As he lay for a few seconds recovering from his efforts , Grant ran his eye along the expanse of the steeply sloping roof .
4 Lindsey lay for a few seconds , battling with a sense of disorientation , one arm flung over her face as she tried to remember where she was .
5 Virginia lay for a few more seconds , biting her lip and wriggling as each fresh , lascivious moment relentlessly came back to her .
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