He says that in Prague he will lay out a plan to seek the goal of a world without nuclear weapons.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

It was not surprising that the North showed little sympathy when the fighting stopped and the South lay in ruins.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

And Neptune with a Trident is helping lay the trans-Atlantic cable which was just being laid when he was painting this."

VOA: special.2010.01.27

The leading English poet of Newton's time, Alexander Pope,honored the scientist with these words: "Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night.

VOA: special.2011.06.01

She was ninety-two years old. Her body lay in honor in the United States Capitol building in Washington.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

At the time,her husband had said: "When I am gone,lay my remains in some quiet place like this."

VOA: special.2010.01.07

The body lay near the window, where the animal had left it when frightened away by the light and sound of the rifle.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

So you would say in the past tense "I lay on the bed because I was tired."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

I placed my own seat upon the very place under which lay the body of the victim.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

The site gives these example sentences: "After laying down his weapon, the soldier lay down to sleep."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

I can only tell of the ten years my dead body lay undiscovered in an Arizona cave.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

For instance,even native speakers are often not sure when to use "lie" and when to use "lay."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

For several days after Lincoln's assassination, his body lay in the East Room of the White House.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

Later that day, Sue came to the bed where Johnsy lay, and put one arm around her.

VOA: special.2009.08.01