Example sentences of "[pron] laid [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt that the design for this holiday picture should be a natural and less structured design than normal , so I laid out the pressed stems of eucalyptus which naturally fell into a fan shape and used that as the basis of my design . |
| 2 | Three hundred and forty years later , in 1918 , the National Education Association and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools , in the United States , approved the so-called Certain Standards ( named after the chairman of its working party , Carl Caspar Certain ) which laid down the first standard specifications for a secondary school library . |
| 3 | L 20 , p. 19 ) , which laid down the principle of equal access to fishing grounds ; ( b ) the thirtieth recital in the Preamble to Council Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 3796/81 on the common organisation of the market in fishery products ( Official Journal 1981 No . |
| 4 | The SLORC issued a statement on July 27 which laid down the powers and responsibilities of the newly elected People 's Assembly , but gave no indication as to when it would be allowed to convene . |
| 5 | Bills seeking to exclude various categories of placemen from Parliament were introduced on average once every session between 1692 and 1714 , and a general measure banning all placemen from the Commons found its way into the Act of Settlement of 1701 ( which laid down the conditions on which the Hanoverians would succeed to the throne ) , although this provision was subsequently modified before the Act came into effect . |
| 6 | It becomes important to him : you started this game , you laid down the rules , so he has to beat you at it . |
| 7 | " You laid out the dead ? " |
| 8 | She laid down the seed packets for emphasis . |
| 9 | She laid down the printing frame that she held . |
| 10 | But she laid down the rebec on her knees , and looked up at Bénezet with a fiercely thoughtful face . |
| 11 | She laid down the telephone and stared at the view outside her office window . |
| 12 | Aunt Tossie had a faint dribble of desire at the corners of her mouth when , at length , she laid down the slate pencil and rose from her chair to face Mrs Geary , her companion in what was to be an immortal triumph : its finale that most acceptable of puddings before diets and regimens were conceived : a really beautiful Trifle . |
| 13 | She laid down the phone with a small sigh of relief . |
| 14 | She laid down the brush and faced Shae directly . |
| 15 | She laid down the phone and leaned back against the pillows . |
| 16 | As she laid down the phone , she decided she 'd do that . |
| 17 | Similarly other hard information is scant , for instance James Braid who laid out the ‘ links ’ as they were called for some time , is not mentioned until the sixth meeting on October 29th ; that is four months after the first nine holes were opened , and even then the reference is vague . |
| 18 | Carefully we laid out the tow lines and attached our snow hooks , Tony to one roadside fence post , me to another , Nathan to the bumper of Odd-Knut 's car . |
| 19 | Carefully , the major turned the conversation to an Iranian editorial he had seen , and they laid down the subject . |
| 20 | He laid down the letter at breakfast with a white face . |
| 21 | He laid out the argument : the Mirror had gone to Maxwell and dived downmarket , along with its Sunday counterpart ; the Mail on Sunday was repositioning itself after its disastrous launch , but had still not recovered . |
| 22 | He laid out the newspaper on the carpet and stripped off the bowl 's clingfilm covering . |
| 23 | It laid down the general principle of comprehensive education which would have ended selection over a period ( but this was repealed in the 1979 Act ) . |