The problem: He didn't have the licenses or insurance that contracting companies require nor could he afford them and he had only a cursory knowledge of how to lay a floor.

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Forensic witness Rosalyn Hammond said there was "potential" for material to be transferred while Mr Lawrence's jacket lay on a police station floor.

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We offered to get a cot, but he said no thanks, folded his suit jacket inside out into a pillow, lay down on the floor and promptly fell asleep.

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The body of K. K. Harouni lay on the floor, wrapped in a white cloth, his jaw bound closed with a white bandage, the knot tied jauntily near one ear.

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First Brad Friedel made a fantastic double save from the Nigerian, first denying his header and then a shot while the American lay on the floor.

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At one point a young man lay on his back on the floor, languidly kicking his legs in the air.

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One carpet, the size of a prayer rug, lay in the center of the tiled floor as if concealing an imperfection or some secret passage.

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Inside, a team of paramedics were huddled around Falwell, who lay face up on the floor beside his desk.

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Another bear lay in the back of a pickup truck in the driveway and four others rested on the garage floor.

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