They reached the end, where the freshly broken earth and rock lay piled.

But there was no question that rocks or worse lay hidden beneath.

The rock lay twenty feet away, clearly beyond reach of any ordinary man.

Not far from them, a huge black rock lay embedded in the earth, as if dropped by the hand of a careless god.

The rock rolled across to the far wall, bounced once more, and lay still.

A rock lay on the floor amid the shattered glass.

But between the rocks lay something to capture his attention at once.

A nice-sized rock lay there, just a couple of feet away.

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

Somewhere near the bottom, I understood, lay rock that was formed two billion years ago.