It was not easy. Vicksburg lay on the east side of the Mississippi River.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

For four days, the wounded lay on the battlefield crying for help,for water.

VOA: special.2009.11.26

Johnsy lay on her bed,hardly moving.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

The town lay on a flat plain at the base of an Allegheny Mountain valley so steep that the hillsides rose straight upward along the Little Connemaugh River.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

Somewhere on the endless expanse of the Pacific Ocean, Army Air Forces bombardier and Olympic runner Louie Zamperini lay across a small raft, drifting westward.

VOA: special.2011.05.04

His head began to ache, and Mr. Mindon lay down on the bed.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

Bruce Springsteen did the honors: "This was a band that not only wanted to lay claim to this world, but had their eyes on the next one,too.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

Men lay flat on the ground. They prayed for the shelling to stop.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

His head began to ache, and Mister Mindon lay down on the bed.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

On the floor at her feet lay a tiny pair of shoes.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

"On Christmas Eve we lay out cookies and milk and carrots.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

He lay down on the sofa in his sitting room.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

"Again,those are decisions that the task forces are working on, and that the president will begin to lay out and discuss tomorrow ."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Poland is furious that Russian military and intelligence officials appear to lay significant blame on Poland for the outbreak of the Second World War.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Maria Lay,a member of the ruling CNRT party, the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction, says first on the government's list is building new power plants.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

"It is a lot easier for firms to make the decision not to lay someone off than it is actually to decide to take someone on,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Mr.Obama will interrupt a family weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat on Monday to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.

VOA: standard.2009.05.23

he said,"The presence of PKK forces on Iraqi soil has harmed villagers from over 500 Kurdish town and the PKK must either lay down its arms or leave Iraq."

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

"The president will lay out the framework on many of those decisions and some of the work that has to be done between now and then to make progress in closing Guantanamo Bay."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

"We have faced an enemy who do not want to fight us force-on-force, rather they wanted to lay improvised explosive devices to halt us in our path and this summer total of 1,800 Improvised explosive devices laid in our path, so we have had to adapt quickly."

VOA: standard.2009.10.12