Example sentences of "was lay out [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The brass shop was laid out with the rough brass stores on one side , whence the castings passed to the machines , thence to the benches , and from there to the polishers , next to the platers and finally to the lacquerers at the other side of the shop , each operation in turn bringing the parts further across the shop .
2 It now leads , via sharp bends , into the town , whose broad market place was laid out at the gate of Kimbolton Castle probably around 1200 .
3 Frankie 's eyes nearly popped out of his head when he clapped eyes on the room and its contents , especially what was laid out on the table .
4 A nylon Firebird sleeping bag was laid out on the floor directly in front of the door , obviously being used as a makeshift pillow .
5 Jarvis 's train set , the one which had diverted him from his mother 's grief on the day her father hanged himself , was laid out on the floor in Lower Six , a classroom on the top floor , and Jarvis had told Jasper he could play with it whenever he liked .
6 She had spotted it when Stella was laid out on the sofa .
7 A red carpet was laid out on the runway by soldiers — they only just had it straight when the official parties arrived .
8 it was in here it was sort of like , he 'd been niggly all day , he was tired , he sort of like knocked it over with his foot , and of course it went straight over the dry nappy that was laid out on the floor ready to put under him , I said oh that nappy
9 His finger traced a narrow band of blue shading on the map which was laid out across the table .
10 The Schlosspark at Donaueschingen was laid out for the princes of Fürstenberg in the eighteenth century .
11 The royal crypt was laid out by the architect Kamil Roškot in 1928–35 .
12 In 1920 , a connecting line was built from Blundell Street to the railway siding , and the site was laid out in the form of a tramway avenue , served by a tram traverser installed in 1922 .
13 She was laid out in the mortuary .
14 So I was laid out in the back of the van on the bed and he 's driving down this field to put the tent , because it had little er bits you know where it 's marked out for you to camp , and I 'm driving around in the back saying , yes you 've , you 've just missed the fence there and you know .
15 Tartan carpet using the Cumbernauld Tartan was laid out in the Country Club and its connecting passages .
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