Example sentences of "was lay [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half of an enormous fish — the head end with its sword broken off but still nearly two feet long — was laid out on a trestle table and the fishmonger was slicing inch-thick steaks from it . |
| 2 | The Tournament arena was laid out on a flat piece of land in a loop of the Lugton Water , a few hundred yards east of the castle . |
| 3 | So sudden had been his demise that , very soon afterwards , prior to robing , in order to avert any suspicion as to its cause , his body , with face , arms and chest uncovered , was laid out on a board for nine hours . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A nylon Firebird sleeping bag was laid out on the floor directly in front of the door , obviously being used as a makeshift pillow . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Miss Thomas was laid out on a pavement and the police were summoned from a nearby police station . |
| 8 | She had spotted it when Stella was laid out on the sofa . |
| 9 | Uncle Philip was laid out on a charcoal grill like a barbecued pork chop . |
| 10 | A red carpet was laid out on the runway by soldiers — they only just had it straight when the official parties arrived . |
| 11 | Each article was laid out on a polythene bag , labelled , ready to be sent to the laboratory . |
| 12 | Subsequently the stomach was laid out on a glass plate and a tissue specimen , 4 mm in diameter , was taken by a punch press from the anterior wall on the greater curvature . |
| 13 | It was laid out on Roman plan with six fora , the Imperial Palace , theatres , baths , hippodrome , etc . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | He was laid down on brittle pampas grass and then manhandled by the creatures . |