Example sentences of "[noun] was lay [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parkland was laid out with a smooth lawn . |
| 2 | In the room beyond , the real Tsu Tiao was laid out atop a great , tiered pedestal on a huge bed spread with silken sheets of gold . |
| 3 | The town was laid out in a military camp plan with a wide , straight road crossing the city centre from one side of the town to the other and similar roads intersecting the first at right angles . |
| 4 | Each article was laid out on a polythene bag , labelled , ready to be sent to the laboratory . |
| 5 | Uncle Philip was laid out on a charcoal grill like a barbecued pork chop . |
| 6 | At first the hotel was encumbered with the inevitable stone bankers but soon the ground was laid out with a delightful garden ‘ where a respectable band of musicians , formed in this place , meet every Tuesday and Friday evening ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Subsequently the stomach was laid out on a glass plate and a tissue specimen , 4 mm in diameter , was taken by a punch press from the anterior wall on the greater curvature . |
| 9 | The Tournament arena was laid out on a flat piece of land in a loop of the Lugton Water , a few hundred yards east of the castle . |
| 10 | Miss Thomas was laid out on a pavement and the police were summoned from a nearby police station . |