Assertion: simple past | /r/ObjectUse | used for temporary state
Facets:
value: in these cases
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The same can apply to states, if temporary (e.g. the ball was lying on the sidewalk), but some stative verbs do not generally use the progressive aspect at all – see Uses of English verb forms § Progressive – and in these cases the simple past is used even for a temporary state: