Between the mountains and the waste lay the remains of what had once been a colony.

More precisely, his remains lay before him, and they were not going to be around for much longer.

On the mattress lay the wrinkled remains of someone or something long dead.

Below me the remains of my pack lay on the ground.

For centuries, the soldiers' remains lay hidden in the ruins.

The remains of the crumpled chair lay on the floor behind the door, but other than that the room was in fairly good order.

Beneath them lay the remains of the other dead man in Steve's cover story.

The remains of other such structures lay outside the walls, to the north and west.

In this case, human remains lay under a fabric shroud.

The remains of the bows lay just where the waves were breaking.