Example sentences of "be laid the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She switched off the alarm clock , then lit the fire that had been laid the night before . |
| 2 | The floor was paved with marble flagstones , black and white so it looked like a chessboard , and on this had been laid the thickest rugs from Persia , India and Turkey . |
| 3 | Rifts persistently occur within the human race , and one important cause could well be found in the tendency of human beings to group themselves together and rally around a particular banner for no other reason than to be able to identify another group as an ‘ enemy ’ upon whom can be laid the blame for hardship and misery suffered ; suffering which it has not been possible to attribute to any obvious cause . |
| 4 | Within this tomb is laid the body of the Christian Emperor Charlemagne , who guided the kingdom of the Franks with distinction and ruled it with success for 47 years . |
| 5 | As soon as an egg is laid the plant begins to grow rapidly in the region around the egg , forming a swelling , which is called a gall . |