The idea lay dormant for more than a century, to be revived in the 1990s.
Catholicism then lay dormant in the area for almost a century.
And so what's interesting is that it lay dormant for two weeks.
The series laid dormant for the first half of the decade.
This project lay dormant from late 2003 until early 2006, when it was picked up again.
The case then lay dormant for almost half a century.
Not so long ago, the area lay dormant, waiting to be discovered.
For years it lay dormant, a source of bad dreams.
The last awards were given in 1998, after which the site lay dormant until being sold.
Due to limited human resources the project lay dormant until February 2010.