Example sentences of "[noun] and lay [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She reached for her mother 's photograph and laid it in the case with the rest of the things . |
| 2 | He frowned , pulled the napkin from his lap and laid it on the table as he stood up , shrugging apologetically to his mother , seeming to indicate that it was the kind of thing that had happened before , from time to time . |
| 3 | Taking the purple book off the pillow and laying it on the floor , he had tried to think logically . |
| 4 | He took the flare from its bracket and laid it on the top of the trap-door . |
| 5 | The teacher then took a length of string , cut it to the height of the child and laid it on the ground on top of the shadow of Leanne . |
| 6 | Nathan closed the folder and laid it on the starched tablecloth . |
| 7 | Downstairs , the old man gathered together the piles of coins and laid them in the tin chest . |
| 8 | Then he took the stones from their pouch and laid them at the bottom of the Bowl . |
| 9 | As the half-stifled bees crawled drunkenly across the stone and straw , they swiftly cut most of the heavy slabs of honeycomb off the sticks and laid them in the leather sacks . |
| 10 | I pulled out some money and laid it on the bar , followed by a pair of black leather driving gloves with the tops of the three middle fingers cut off the right hand , a tube of mint-flavoured lip salve and a metal hip-flask engraved with the words : ‘ I am not a diabetic ; in case of accidents please rush me to the nearest public house . ’ |
| 11 | Zen took out a notepad and pencil and laid them on the desk . |
| 12 | Donna pressed the ‘ End ’ button on the phone and laid it on the table . |
| 13 | I took my gun out of the closet and put two bullets in the magazine and laid it on the table beside my bed . |
| 14 | She dragged her eyes up and watched as , unhurriedly , he stripped off his heavy gloves and laid them across the bike before lifting his helmet off and balancing it in front of him . |
| 15 | George Yaxlee took the contents of the back pocket and laid them on the mantelshelf . |
| 16 | He took the locket and the manuscript out of his pocket and laid them on the desk in front of the headmaster . |
| 17 | Wycliffe took her letter to Riddle from his pocket and laid it on the desk in front of her . |
| 18 | ‘ Here , ’ said the boy pulling his pictures out of his pocket and laying one on the ground in front of Philip . |
| 19 | On Christmas Eve , 1950 , nationalists stole the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey and laid it in the grounds of Arbroath Abbey . |
| 20 | ‘ You can eat these later , once we 've disarmed them , ’ he told her , wrapping them in more tissues and laying them on the back seat . |
| 21 | She took the dress and laid it on the bed again . |
| 22 | She stripped the bed and lay me on the bed . |
| 23 | She took it through to the lounge and laid it on the rug and at first I was amused But I could see all was not well because she sat as she usually does , but for a long time — over half an hour — then she lay down like this and she has n't moved . " |
| 24 | Carter took out his packet of cigarettes and a box of matches and laid them on the locker . |
| 25 | She drained her glass and laid it on the cane table . |
| 26 | She got a salad , already prepared , out of the refrigerator and laid it on the table . |
| 27 | I picked up a likely length and laid it in the boat . |
| 28 | When he had begun to eat , I'tibar Khan entered with the box and laid it before the unhappy father , saying : ‘ King Aurangzeb , your son sends this plat to your majesty to let you see that he does not forget you . ’ |
| 29 | I was there when they took the Enchantment of the Beastline and laid it across the Silver Loom , and I was there as it fell to shreds in their hands . |
| 30 | She put out her hand and laid it on the book , then said : |