Examples of 'once lay' in a sentence

Meaning of "once lay"

once lay: This phrase could be interpreted as a command or suggestion to place or position something in a particular manner or location at a specific point in time. It may refer to arranging or setting something down temporarily

How to use "once lay" in a sentence

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Where the bleaching ponds once lay.
That once lay at the feet of sleeping trees.
It is built on stilts where salt marshes once lay.
I once lay with a troll who lost an eye in battle.
Beyond these earthworks once lay three medieval deer parks.
The Kingdom Hospital rests on ancient marshland where the bleaching ponds once lay.
This city once lay along a confrontation line between east and west.
A large boulder covered with petroglyphs once lay on the beach.
The shipyards that once lay beyond the village are nowadays left in disuse.
These items were the most suggestive that a ship once lay at the site.
To the southwest once lay the now vanished village of Staufenberg.
These sites contain numerous embankments and foundations that once lay beneath pyramids and other buildings.
Where once lay barren fields, because of men like us, now gleaming cities stand.
Within current town limits once lay a place called Meielsheim.
Now justification is just that - a complete clearance from all that which once lay against us.

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Many of the Alpine rocks once lay flat on the sea floor.
Ooh, i once lay with a troll Who lost an eye in battle.
It is located approximately 7 km outside Arta, where the ancient city of Ambracia once lay.
Between Niederroßbach and Neustadt once lay a halt on the now abandoned Westerwaldquerbahn railway.
The complex leans on a terrace, perhaps part of the Byzantine cistern which once lay nearby.
In a Europe that once lay in ruins, reconciliation between longstanding rivals has cemented European unity.
Where timeless sands once lay in peace ♪.
It once lay on a Via Regia, a medieval trade route.
Another village, named Auersbach ( on the like-named brook ) supposedly once lay near Dennweiler-Frohnbach's northern limit.
I once lay with a troll who lost an eye in battle . Does that count?
Within Heinzenhausen 's limits once lay the village of Wüsthausen, also called Wusthauserhof.
Where once lay barren fields, because of men like us, now gleaming cities stand. Yeah.

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