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

VOA: special.2010.02.11

Calvin looked very tired. Everett sat down in a chair next to the bed and waited.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

They said Americans were tired of the dispute in Kansas and would accept any settlement.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

His tired,hungry soldiers tried to turn south, to reach safety in the Carolinas.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

He seemed tired. There was almost no color in his face.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

President Polk was old, tired and in poor health.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Many workers became tired and weak in the heat.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

The fact that Americans would be tired of having their sons and daughters at risk and in battle is not surprising,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

Some are tired of waiting. "I have got to get out of Haiti, can't stay in Haiti.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

We are tired of this. This is why everybody in this room is so ticked off.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

Maybe it was becauseshe had no where else to go, or maybe it was becauseshe was so tired 'cause she went to bedand slept and slept like she hadn't slept in years.

VOA: standard.other