Example sentences of "[noun pl] were laid [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words were laid out in a strange manner . |
| 2 | Large squares were laid out in many city centres . |
| 3 | In South-west England block and basin limestones and shales and spilitic basic volcanics were laid down in an extensional basin developed at the western end of the Rheno-Hercynian zone . |
| 4 | The gardens were laid out in the eighteenth century by a French landscape gardener for the then owner and founder , the first Conde de Carvalhal . |
| 5 | The formal gardens were laid out in the 18th century . |
| 6 | Some new auditing ideas were laid out in 1989 . |
| 7 | Detailed regulations for the construction of new buildings were laid down in a great variety of Acts and bye-laws . |
| 8 | Maltwood believed that the figures were laid out in prehistoric times as a form of temple or sanctuary , using the natural forms of the landscape with a minimum of artificial alteration . |
| 9 | Special trains were laid on in the early days , bringing musicians , singers and visitors . |
| 10 | Millions of pounds of investment meant nothing to Bedford-St Pancras commuters when their long-awaited new electric trains were laid up in the sidings while BR and the rail unions hammered each other over one-man operation . |
| 11 | Instructions were laid out in some detail . |
| 12 | This early style of classical dance displayed the talents of each particular performer , therefore many rules were laid down in order to achieve perfection of movement . |
| 13 | This issue was first raised as early as 1941 , and by 1943–4 had become a subject of major concern for the British government , aware that unless rules were laid down in advance , the United States would use its enormous wealth , undamaged industrial capability , and the advantages obtained during the war years to drive Britain and other countries off the international air routes . |
| 14 | The Knossian roads were laid out in straight sections , but without any overall geometric plan . |
| 15 | By linking these limits according to the pattern of the street layout , bearing in mind that roads were laid out in a grid-pattern in the 19th C and in cul-de-sacs , crescents and curves in the 20th C , we could see the growth patterns from the centre of Nottingham outwards . |
| 16 | The Saturday morning market in the yard was taken from the pattern of the street market , where the clothes were laid out in heaps on the ground with a decent garment on the top of each pile to tempt the passer-by to look further . |
| 17 | Most of those affected managed to avoid closing down state government and making their employees redundant by drawing on their reserves , although 10,000 non-essential state employees were laid off in Maine and 20,000 in Connecticut as state government was temporarily reduced to health and safety functions only . |
| 18 | The grounds were laid out in 1787 . |
| 19 | The victims were laid out in the churches to be claimed by relatives , many , reportedly , still showing a spark of life which was ignored in the general rush to clear up . |