Example sentences of "[be] lay out for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Also , the other reason that I did not leave it in the centre of the airfield was that the flares , the gooseneck flares ( a device with paraffin and a sort of rough wick ) , were laid out for night flying .
2 She went with a young lady … to a small office where the documents were laid out for signing .
3 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 .
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 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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