Example sentences of "[noun] was lay [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1749 for the first time a single system of tactics was laid down for the entire army , while in 1765 the Hofkriegsrath assumed the power to appoint to all ranks above that of captain and from 1776 an organized State military transport corps began to be built up . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Luke says that , in her case , the offering was laid down for the poor : |
| 4 | A buffet lunch was laid on for the advisers , a chicken leg , various meat-filled butties , an apple and a large Kit-Kat . |
| 5 | The Schlosspark at Donaueschingen was laid out for the princes of Fürstenberg in the eighteenth century . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |