He lay on the damp earth, gasping and sobbing, trying to clear his head.

The young girl rose instantly, but the man lay on the earth struggling in the agonies of death.

The field glasses lay on the earth beside Ben's elbow.

He lay on the soft earth looking up at the night sky, his chest heaving.

And the man who had led them lay on the earth now, moaning softly.

We lay on the earth while the great thunder gathered in me.

He turned away and laid the shovel on the earth.

I lay on the earth as they fought beside me, trying frantically to pull air into my lungs.

Timber slabs might also be laid directly on the earth to form a floor.

When he got round, there lay a human form in a little dark heap on the earth.