She stopped her car close to where I lay near dead.

A large rock lay near the wall, where it had come to rest.

He lay near death for two weeks, and his recovery required more than a year.

The last man lay too near the trees, and he could just lie there.

He thought danger lay near the door, safety away from it.

Yet, while he lay near death, God had brought him angels.

I laid flowers in the park, near the site of the attack.

A very small girl lay near him, staring up at the sky.

Right now, he lay on his back near the edge of the porch.

This would mean that the dead man lay near the wall at a point almost opposite the region where I had started.