Example sentences of "laid [pers pn] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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1 | He laid them out on the desk , got a plastic bag out of the bottom drawer of the filing cabinet and swept all the bits and pieces into it . |
2 | The man with the shears laid them down on the grass , took a handkerchief from his pocket , made a knot in each of its four corners and placed this improvised sun-hat on his head . |
3 | She rolled the two cloaks into a bundle and laid them down on the shore where the tide could come and take them . |
4 | But he laid her down on the horsehair sofa , and said Mrs Patten would not be in yet , and there was time ; and time there was , and what had happened last night was repeated , once and then again , until she , flushed and dishevelled , pulled down her dress , and said ‘ She is coming . |
5 | Through the Lousadas Minton was to an extent drawn into a Hammersmith circle of artists which included Victor Pasmore , Julian Trevelyan and Mary Fedden who once danced with Minton at a New Year 's Eve party until she literally dropped , whereupon he gently laid her down on the floor . |
6 | Then they laid her back on the straw mattress and covered her with a sheet . |
7 | He nodded his thanks and the men laid her back on the table . |
8 | He sucked fruitlessly on his now extinct pipe , laid it down on the table beside him , got up , and turning his back on his visitors , wandered over to the window . |
9 | Jake drained his coffee-cup and laid it down on the saucer . |
10 | Guido drained his champagne glass and laid it down on the wall beside him . |
11 | H laid it back on the table and went over to another , producing a small leather bag from his kilt . |
12 | We laid it out on the floor and they measured it up . |
13 | We unpacked our kit and laid it out on the floor , and then started the lengthy and tiresome process of folding it ‘ à carré ’ so that it sat on our shelves in tidy , identical bricks . |