The improvised crown, a slightly rusted circlet, lay on his breast.

But the heavy crown lay on the table beside her, and she seemed smaller, somehow.

In the one Omar had chosen lay a little gold crown and sceptre on a velvet cushion.

The crown lay hidden in it like a guilty deed.

For that, I could not blame her; her path to the throne had been a difficult one, and the crown lay heavy on her head.

But the crown lay heavily that day upon the Heir of Haldane.

With it she went to the altar where the abbot's crown lay.

Stephen's crown, sceptre and orb lay a little distance away in pools of dirty water.

The crown only lays claim to gold and silver reserves.

The crown lay on the ground at his feet, and he spurned it with his shoe.