Example sentences of "[is] lay [adv prt] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | When he entered into Calpurnia an army officer came to him and tricking him and saying , sir , my manservant is laid up in the house with paralysis being terribly tormented , he said to him when I get there I will cure her in reply the army officer said sir , I am not a fit man for you to enter under my roof , but just say the word and my manservant will be healed |
2 | Their quality and spacing is laid down in the Building Regulations but in the last ten years difficulties have arisen over corrosion , not only in those made of mild steel but also in galvanised ties where the zinc coating is defective . |
3 | 11.3 Where no procedure is laid down in the contract |
4 | Raphael planned his frescoes in the Stanze to a programme provided by a humanist at the papal court , and the inclusion of almost every detail in Enguerrand Quarton 's marvellously constructed Coronation of the Virgin is laid down in the documents commissioning it . |
5 | Where no quorum is laid down in the standing orders , common sense must prevail even if , legally , there is nothing to stop one member continuing with the business ! |
6 | It follows that , in the majority of trees , the new cellulose is laid down in the cell already containing the stresses and strains which it has to bear . |
7 | It 's laid out in the middle of a large , hilly orchard and features its own little plastic mogulfield . |