Example sentences of "[noun pl] was laid [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An almost finished game of snakes and ladders was laid out amongst top secret briefing papers . |
| 2 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 3 | On the sacristy press a set of vestments was laid out . |
| 4 | The form of those prayers was laid down in the teaching of the rabbis , and we can glimpse it in the story of the Pharisee and the Publican . |
| 5 | A set of agreed objectives was laid down , supplemented by a code of practice laying down acceptable technical performance specifications , which could be updated in the light of future developments . |
| 6 | Socialist policy to state industries was laid down only in part in President Mitterrand 's campaign ’ Letter to the French ’ during last year 's election . |
| 7 | This most perfect of all forests was laid out by Lord Cullen in 1719 and is dappled with an amazing variety of trees : oak , ash , elm , copper beech , larch , spruce and magnificent , statuesque Scots pine . |