Example sentences of "and lay [pron] [prep] the table " in BNC.

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1 She took some notes from her pocketbook and laid them on the table by her plate and her half-empty glass .
2 I took my gun out of the closet and put two bullets in the magazine and laid it on the table beside my bed .
3 He frowned , pulled the napkin from his lap and laid it on the table as he stood up , shrugging apologetically to his mother , seeming to indicate that it was the kind of thing that had happened before , from time to time .
4 She took off her hat and laid it on the table , and he saw with a sense of shock that her hair was white down the line of the parting where the tinting had grown out .
5 He hastily unfastened the shoulder holster , too , and laid it on the table , then crossed to the fridge , found a can of 7-Up and drank deeply .
6 Donna pressed the ‘ End ’ button on the phone and laid it on the table .
7 From a drawer she took out a cardboard box , and laid it on the table .
8 He took the spoon out of her hand and laid it on the table .
9 She got a salad , already prepared , out of the refrigerator and laid it on the table .
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