We had to find out fast how the land lay.

This was how the land lay: Fire held the valley.

Presently I got my hat and went out to see how the land lay.

The land he'd dreamed about all his life lay just ahead.

Despite our efforts, we could not convince him that the land lay close ahead.

You had a glimpse yourself how the land lays between here and there.

The land lay many times his height below him, a moment's flight to reach.

I came up here on my own to see how the land lay.

That way he would be able to see how the land lay.

If she got turned around, no other land lay within her range.