Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [adv] laid [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First costumes were already laid out , wigs were on stands , the changes were hanging in show order on rails in the wardrobe department . |
| 2 | These ghastly memorials were frequently laid down during the lifetime of the persons they were intended to commemorate , in order that they might constantly be reminded that they were but mortal . |
| 3 | Was it because the boundaries were already laid out when the Roman road was built ? |
| 4 | It is true that in peacetime a large proportion of these ships were normally laid up and had their crews paid off : only when war was imminent or had broken out were they brought back into service . |
| 5 | The towns were generally laid out on the northern side of the tracks . |
| 6 | For if all the parts were neatly laid down in the egg like a little homunculus , then separating the embryo into two or more separate parts would divide the pattern in two or more and each should form just a fragment of the whole . |