So you would say in the past tense "I lay on the bed because I was tired."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

In fact,D.C.health officials say infection rates in the nation's capital are higher than in West Africa.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

But they have no say in how that money is spent.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

The economic recession is also affecting Diwali buying, jewelers say in general the pieces are smaller, whether gold, platinum or diamonds.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

And Red Shirts say those insults are used as an excuse to deny rural voters and the poor a say in the nation's politics.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

"But what I can say in the context of the cooperation with The Hague, the government of Serbia is goingto continue doing its utmost.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

Kunda Dixit,editor of Nepali Times, says the three main parties are refusing to step aside because they want a decisive say in the writing of the new constitution.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

So that if you say in 1915 there were two million Armenians in what we call Turkey, but the Ottoman Empire - there are now about 60,000 Armenians in Turkey.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Lubischer says people in the neighborhood liked the idea of a food co-op: a community-owned grocery, where members would have a say in how the store would be run, and what products it would carry.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

In his Cairo address, President Obama pledged to support governments that protect the rights of people to speak their minds and have a say in how they are governed, that respect the rule of law and the equal administration of justice, that are transparent and don't steal from the people.

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

"The regional players in the international community should say in one voice that 2010 election planned by the regime if it is not inclusive if it excludes Aung San Suu Kyi and other key ethnic leaders and the key stakeholders that stand has to be made clear.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

With this latest discovery, the researchers say noise pollution in coral environments raises yet another cause for concern for these organisms.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

Still,some economists say other signs in the economy show that the recession is over already, or will be soon.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Experts say demand in Asia especially Vietnam and China currently drives most trade in rhino horns from southern Africa.

VOA: special.2009.12.14