Example sentences of "was laid [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carpet of the same pattern as that in the hall was laid over only the middle part of the stairway and was held in place by little metal arms which pinned the carpet against the back of each tread . |
| 2 | When Kent played Surrey in 1890 a fine spread was laid on for the gentlemen but the professionals ‘ were left to shift for themselves , and thought themselves lucky to get a bit of bread and cheese ’ . |
| 3 | An exquisite minimalist banquet was laid on for their benefit . |
| 4 | The High Sheriff of Cornwall , Sir John Trelawney , opened an ornamental gate with a silver key and a free tea was laid on for the children of the surrounding parishes . |
| 5 | At Butlin 's everything was laid on . |
| 6 | An Axis supply convoy was now spotted by a Maryland , and on 7 May an attack was laid on . |
| 7 | It was laid on as a surprise by Nick 's colleagues at Norfolk county council . |
| 8 | In our medical blocks oxygen was laid on in pipelines , but as surgical patients seldom needed continuous oxygen for long periods , the surgical side still used cylinders . |
| 9 | A buffet lunch was laid on for the advisers , a chicken leg , various meat-filled butties , an apple and a large Kit-Kat . |
| 10 | So we was er called out at nine o'clock on the Sunday morning transport was laid on and we was taken over to , to fire in woods at Fradley , the other side of Lichfield . |
| 11 | A buffet meal was laid on for his send-off and most of the workforce managed to return early to join in a very enjoyable get together . |
| 12 | A free coach was laid on by the Sun bringing fans from London . |
| 13 | A helicopter trip , intended to demonstrate ‘ the size and diversity of the Highland area ’ was laid on by the association for Mr Lang , although bad weather forced the cancellation of one leg . |
| 14 | In Marseilles he was laid up with his familiar fever ; at the Iles d'Hyères , near Nice , he found himself obliged to dance with the proprietress of a rough tavern to avoid embarrassing enquiries about his identity , while as always when the Stuarts set sail , the weather was appalling . |
| 15 | All was safely gathered in and Mr and Mrs Squirrel Nutkin 's hoard was laid up for winter 's sustenance . |
| 16 | Whilst he was laid up for six weeks in Middlesex Hospital , Minton visited him regularly and kept his family in Northumberland informed as to his progress . |
| 17 | But he was laid up after that and we did n't see him for days . |
| 18 | Delivered in 1925 No 4 completed her trials just before the General Strike of 1926 and was laid up until 1927 . |
| 19 | It was , and Venturous was laid up at Buckie for nearly ten months while new Cummins engines were fitted . |
| 20 | What was more , they 've had to put up with a relief milker while their herdsman was laid up with flu . |
| 21 | But Weller — unlike a large number of the audience who had chosen to bring their snorts and sniffles with them , was laid up with flu in Vienna . |
| 22 | It was laid up during the war and last ran in 1962 . |
| 23 | I was laid up for five weeks , could n't do any work whatsoever and just sleep , cuss the family , be generally grumpy , tired and achy . |
| 24 | The connecting curve was laid in and usable by September 1922 , making it possible to maintain the whole South Metropolitan fleet at Sutton depôt , so the equipment in Penge depôt was dismantled . |
| 25 | The LA office was laid back to horizontal . |
| 26 | Whenever any crew member was laid off sick , Mac was there taking his place . |
| 27 | Then , towards Christmas , the work dwindled and he was laid off . |
| 28 | My son did get a job in a button factory and an optician 's but he was laid off from both because of lack of demand . |
| 29 | Peter Reformat , a pipefitter for 10 years at USX Corporation 's Gary works plant , was laid off and promptly hired again under a new employer . |
| 30 | The exceptionally beautiful garden which surrounds the Rectory was laid out by an enlightened early Victorian encumbent who lined the streams with tufa and planted rare snowdrops and ferns along the banks . |