Tom kaldırımda baygın yatıyordu.
 - Tom was lying unconscious on the sidewalk.
Tom üç gündür baygındı.
 - Tom was unconscious for three days.
O, mutfak zemininde bilinçsiz yatarken bulundu.
 - He was found lying unconscious on the kitchen floor.
Tom Mary'yi mutfak zemininde bilinçsizce yatarken buldu.
 - Tom found Mary lying unconscious on the kitchen floor.
Birkaç gündür kendinde değildi.
 - He was unconscious for several days.
Someone who has reeled off a string of baskets will say, I was unconscious, as if he were following the Zen injunction to be mindful while suspending thought.