Example sentences of "[noun prp] laid [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cornelius laid down the unsipped glass . |
| 2 | Thus the chronicler of St Albans monastery tells us that about the year 950 Abbot Wulsin laid out the rudimentary town outside the north gate of the abbey . |
| 3 | In his speech to the Assembly , Drnovsek laid out the main themes of his government 's programme . |
| 4 | Lord Atkin laid down the narrow rule in Donoghue v Stevenson [ 1932 ] AC 562 : A manufacturer of products , which he sells in such a form as to show that he intends them to reach the ultimate consumer in the form in which they left him with no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination , and with the knowledge that the absence of reasonable care in the preparation or putting up of the products will result in an injury to the consumer 's life or property , owes a duty to the consumer to take reasonable care . |
| 5 | Wilds and Busby laid out the general design and the facades of the houses ; others were left to finish the interiors and tidy up the edges . |
| 6 | Augustus laid out the first Imperial residence in this part of Rome , followed by Tiberius , Caligula and Domitian ; Septimius Severus built here on a very large scale . |