Example sentences of "laid [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He once caught a pigeon , but it was mostly sparrows so small that , when he laid them on the embers to cook , they were ready by the time the feathers had singed and were hardly worth even sharing , except with the twins who insisted . |
| 2 | So all attending had brought their freshly picked bunches with them and laid them on the coffin as they arrived , and I must say that it looked — and smelled — lovely . |
| 3 | A human chain of soldiers , castle employees and members of the royal family carried out paintings , carpets , furniture , Sevres vases , books and drawings and laid them on the lawns before being transported by convoys of lorries . |
| 4 | He took an envelope from his breast pocket , extracted three photos , laid them on the desk . |
| 5 | Carson appeared with the towels , a bath-sized and two hand-sized , and laid them on the duvet by her bag . |
| 6 | She took some notes from her pocketbook and laid them on the table by her plate and her half-empty glass . |
| 7 | They had bought flowers in the village and they laid them on the new grave . |
| 8 | Taking out a sheaf of documents , he laid them on the desk top . |
| 9 | George Yaxlee took the contents of the back pocket and laid them on the mantelshelf . |
| 10 | He took the locket and the manuscript out of his pocket and laid them on the desk in front of the headmaster . |
| 11 | Zen took out a notepad and pencil and laid them on the desk . |
| 12 | Carter took out his packet of cigarettes and a box of matches and laid them on the locker . |
| 13 | Ronni carried them indoors and laid them on the kitchen table , scarcely able to bear the mouth-watering aromas that were escaping from beneath the tin foil . |
| 14 | And so he always laid himself on the line . |
| 15 | They laid her on the couch , Jack huddled at her side . |
| 16 | In fact she had been feeling tired and queasy for the past few days ; and that night , when the leading man laid her on the sofa , suddenly turned her head and , without letting the audience see , vomited quietly down the sofa back . |
| 17 | If he 'd picked her up and laid her on the bed and taken her with all the passion and strength his virile body was promising her at that moment , she would n't have raised a finger to stop him , so when he swung her around in his arms and deposited her nearer to the bathroom door before removing his arms from her she was left gasping with surprise and a sinking feeling of disappointment mixed with humiliation which shook her with its intensity . |
| 18 | They laid her on the grass and her wet hair was shiny , like it was slick with grease . |
| 19 | Pushing the coverlet aside , he laid her on the bed , and sat down beside her , studying her white face . |
| 20 | Then he laid her on the bed and feasted his eyes on her , slender and seductive , totally naked except for the glowing ruby that flashed fire whenever she moved her hand . |
| 21 | I laid her on the conc you know , like the , the step out |
| 22 | we laid her on the step and I said to Elizabeth she 's stopped breathing ! |
| 23 | They laid him on the cool grass and bathed his forehead . |
| 24 | Eventually , they laid him on the bed in his own room , and undressed him . |
| 25 | Then the door of the Earl 's hall slowly yielded , and his father carried him in and laid him on the same bales . |
| 26 | Following this , they laid him on the bed again , and when he started to groan May said , ‘ He 'll live , ’ and turning and looking at Mrs Funnell , she added , ‘ Unfortunately , ’ before marching out of the room . |
| 27 | I took my gun out of the closet and put two bullets in the magazine and laid it on the table beside my bed . |
| 28 | Louis carefully folded his handkerchief into a square and laid it on the deck beside his chair . |
| 29 | For the first time he smiled as he took a cigar from his case , laid it on the desk . |
| 30 | She laid it on the floor of the car . |