Example sentences of "lay for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lay for a while simply wrestling with the enormity of it . |
| 2 | They lay for a while catching their breath , then returned to Nettles . |
| 3 | Karelius awoke that morning at half-past six , and lay for a while thinking about Fräulein Müller . |
| 4 | They lay for a while , their hands lightly clasped , each deeply engrossed in their own thoughts . |
| 5 | I lay for a while waiting for the chateau to fall silent again before drifting into a demon-filled sleep of black war horses rearing above me , men flying through the night air , and those dreadful corpses laid out so tidily , so neatly , in that beautiful London garden . |
| 6 | They lay for a little , amicably holding hands . |
| 7 | Rachel groaned as her alarm sounded the following Monday morning and , rolling over , she flicked the button to silence it , then lay for a few minutes staring at the ceiling . |
| 8 | Cannon , after a miss , hit and lay for a single at the fourth and then they stole two at the fifth where Muirhead just failed by a fraction with a raised take out . |
| 9 | I lay for an hour until the wind subsided enough for a hill to show two miles away . |