Example sentences of "lay [pron] out [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One was the passage from the fifteenth chapter of Genesis in which Abraham cut up a heifer , a goat and a ram and laid them out at the Lord 's command , driving the vultures away , falling at last into a deep sleep with ‘ a horror of great darkness ’ . |
| 2 | He laid them out on the desk , got a plastic bag out of the bottom drawer of the filing cabinet and swept all the bits and pieces into it . |
| 3 | I 'll think of the look I want — at the moment I like to look ‘ French' ; you know , sophisticated and Parisian — so I 'll lay everything out on the bed , plan what shoes , what make-up , hairstyle , earrings , the lot . |
| 4 | Shall I lay it out in the library , Sir ? |
| 5 | We laid it out on the floor and they measured it up . |
| 6 | We unpacked our kit and laid it out on the floor , and then started the lengthy and tiresome process of folding it ‘ à carré ’ so that it sat on our shelves in tidy , identical bricks . |
| 7 | Her cousin shook out a towel and tied it deftly round Ruth 's shoulders , then unpacked her combs , brushes and scissors , laying them out on the dressing-table along with the setting lotion and the curling-tongs . |
| 8 | Wycliffe got Fox to lay him out by the shop door . |