Sentence examples of "lagen" in German

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Auf dem Bett lagen Handschellen. There was a pair of handcuffs on the bed.
Auf dem Tisch lagen vier Stücke Käse. There were four pieces of cheese on the table.
Mary und ich lagen gestern krank im Bett. Mary and I were ill in bed yesterday.
Es lagen nicht mehr als zwei Bücher auf dem Schreibtisch. There were no more than two books on the desk.
Auf seinem Schreibtisch lagen so viele Sachen rum, dass er keinen Platz zum Schreiben hatte. There was so much stuff on his desk that he had nowhere to write.
Als wir gestern abend heim kamen, da lagen die anderen schon im Bett und waren fest eingeschlafen. When we got home last night, the others were already in bed and fast asleep.
Mary behauptete, dass Tom drei Worte vor ihr sei, obwohl er, als er sich umdrehte, sah, dass zwischen ihr und ihm nur zwei lagen. Mary argued that Tom stood three words ahead of her, although when he turned back, he saw that, between she and he, there were only two.
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