Example sentences of "[pron] could lay [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Eton I had read every book I could lay hands on about the Zulus , about Abyssinia and about the rise and fall of the Dervish empire in the Sudan . |
| 2 | ‘ The Church ! ’ we cried out and rushed to get anything we could lay hands on to put the fire out . |
| 3 | In their position , I have no doubt that anyone would throw stones and anything else one could lay hands on in order to change the situation . |
| 4 | In turn the later reptiles could diversify on land when they could lay eggs away from a watery environment . |
| 5 | If they could lay hands on a second-hand boiler , did he know enough to fix it ? |
| 6 | " Mounted troops pursued some of the crowd through Christian Street and the women threw from the windows all they could lay hands on . |
| 7 | The council had done its best , formulating a writ to all sheriffs to issue proclamations forbidding the spreading of lying rumours that Richard was alive , and committing to prison all culprits on whom they could lay hands . |
| 8 | James was always making drawings on every piece of paper he could lay hands on — even his father 's sermons were not safe . |
| 9 | ‘ Thirdly , Hopkins told Buckingham that he could lay hands on these precious relics . |
| 10 | At the end of a few minutes , he had agreed to get Landau , and she had come up with the names of banks and accounts for both Foster and Landau , and the place where he could lay hands on Pete Foster . |