Example sentences of "laid they 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 . |