Sentences with lay down
lay down
L l - Daniel finished the article and laid the newspaper down on his desk. [VERB noun PREPOSITION]
- The Companies Act lays down a set of minimum requirements. [VERB PREPOSITION noun (not pronoun)]
- The drug-traffickers have offered to lay down their arms. [VERB PREPOSITION noun]
- To lay down one's life
- The railway was laid down as far as Manchester
- To lay down wine
- To lay a book on a desk.
- One punch laid him low.
- The dog laid its ears back.
- Their motives were laid bare.
- To lay hands on a child.
- To lay bricks.
- To lay a pipeline.
- To lay the foundations for further negotiations.
- I laid my case before the commission.
- To lay blame on the inspector.
- They laid him in the old churchyard.
- To lay an embargo on oil shipments.
- He laid $10 on the horse that won the third race.
- The scene is laid in France.
- To lay the nap of cloth.
- Laying the clouds of dust with a spray of water.
- The book lies on the table.
- To lie in ambush.
- These things lie upon my mind.
- Land lying along the coast.
- The broad plain that lies before us.
- The trail from here lies to the west.
- The fault lies here.
- The real remedy lies in education.
- Their ancestors lie in the family plot.
- The lie of the patio, facing the water.
- I refuse to take such an insult lying down.
- The police urged the gunman to lay down his weapon. Lay down your arms.
- He laid down his brand-new Harley-Davidson to avoid the oncoming bus.
- Let's lay down the rules right at the beginning, so we are consistent. You've got to lay down the law with that boy.
- I feel a bit ill, so I'm going to go lay down for a while.
- He lay down in his bed until he felt better.