Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] lay out for " in BNC.

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1 If , for instance , the chord were laid out for oboes and clarinets thus the resulting blend would be less satisfactory than this : in which the reedy oboe and the smoother clarinet tone are inextricably intermingled .
2 Wenceslas Square was laid out for one of Bohemia 's most attractive rulers , King Charles IV , Holy Roman Emperor , who was born and died in Prague .
3 The Schlosspark at Donaueschingen was laid out for the princes of Fürstenberg in the eighteenth century .
4 The normal business life of the town continued right up to the last moment and in some houses food was laid out for meals that were never eaten .
5 She went with a young lady … to a small office where the documents were laid out for signing .
6 He spends all his pocket money on padlocks , and for a birthday treat for him today the red carpet was laid out for him at the Chubb Lock Factory in Wolverhampton .
7 As before the table was laid out for tea , but instead of bread and butter there were toasted muffins oozing butter .
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