He sat on the grass and lay down, positioning his hands so that his head was resting on his open palms. |
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And, in the back of their minds, these are the worlds they may hope to find a place in when they lay down the weary burdens of power. |
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Belle Vue's revamped side are planning to lay down a marker for a new, brighter era by blowing a hole in Oxford's Elite League title bid. |
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I lay down beside him on my back, stiff as a ramrod, praying he wasn't going to do what he did. |
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Jay pulled her hospital gown up to her chest and lay down flat on her back. |
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Day in and day out the men in khaki lay down their lives for the call of duty. |
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After he was airbrushed with silver paint, he lay down in the pool for the overhead photo and hooked his legs around an aluminum pool rail. |
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The man who has done little else but fight for a country he has never set foot in, is ready to lay down his life for it. |
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It was necessary for all parties, both military and civilian, to lay down arms and regroup. |
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And the Republicans, I guess, will be so shocked and awed that they will lay down their arms and capitulate. |
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Offers from Khartoum of federal autonomy failed to persuade the increasingly active guerrillas to lay down their arms. |
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Terrorists and insurgents must lay down their weapons, and enable the vitally important reconstruction and humanitarian work to go ahead. |
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Supporters of the rebel stood by their promise to lay down their weapons peacefully. |
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Hakimi declared that no Taliban would agree to lay down his arms as long as U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan. |
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Through megaphones, voices in broken English blared out at them, urging them to surrender and lay down their arms. |
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He is willing to give the formula for free to any country that asks, provided that they agree to lay down their arms and live in peace. |
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More than 600 attended his funeral in Leytonstone to hear family members appeal to local youngsters to lay down their weapons. |
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Now I find myself mother to five beautiful, intelligent, creative children for whom I would lay down my life in an instant. |
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Men and women who of their own volition have said they are willing to lay down their lives for a country they believe in. |
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They lay down, with the birds hopping from branch to branch above them and the bright sky peeping down at them. |
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While the details of the proceedings were not made public, there is no doubt that Bolton attempted to lay down the law. |
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When they finally made their way upstairs, Kate lay down on the bed and didn't resurface the rest of the night. |
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As he lay down on the mat, with a bewildered expression on his face, he heard a clear and ringing laugh from the girl, a genuine happy laugh. |
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Thus axioms and theorems can never try to lay down the meaning of a sign or word that occurs in them, but it must already be laid down. |
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His book was one of the first to lay down just how rotten and corrupt the Florida election was. |
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It is not possible to lay down rigid rules, as each case will depend on its own circumstances. |
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The sun was shining, the sakura were blooming, and about 20,000 people lay down in the grass around the castle moat and drank themselves silly. |
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Marines take cover behind a sandbagged fighting position to lay down a hail of paintball rounds on the opposition. |
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And so, shaded by eucalyptus trees, amidst the sweet scents of sassafras and olearia, the people lay down to rest. |
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A good drill for the practice green is to lay down tees beyond the hole and putt to them. |
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To pass the time he began to count, telling each one to lay down as he marked them off. |
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After running a couple hundred yards, the pig reached the first scrub oak and lay down under it. |
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I think it's kind of cool that thrash metal fans can get a chance to check out for the first time bands that helped lay down the roots. |
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I lay down on the ground and squeezed myself through the hole underneath the wall. |
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He made it out of four railroad ties, the 8 x 12 pieces of wood they lay down to support railroad tracks. |
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Moving the material to and fro, the machine is used to lay down thread in all directions, effectively drawing or painting with a needle. |
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You are not obligated to lay down completed sequences, however, you do risk being caught with the cards in your hand if another player goes out. |
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The craving for something warm to drink wins the moment, so I lay down my pen and toddle off to the kitchen. |
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She toed off her shoes and lay down next to him, staring up at the constellation they had placed on his ceiling. |
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The door was left open and a succession of men trooped in, lay down on the bed, had a sandwich, and left with a smile on their faces. |
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Lee was the last to turn in, but when he lay down on the bunk he felt poorly. |
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The image would not have been possible to lay down without help from friends, fellow students and tutors, said Ruth. |
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It subsequently became traditional for certain English families to lay down a pipe of port when a son was born. |
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Led on by false promises and unaccomplished hopes, I lay down and fade away into oblivion. |
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Rob lay down next to her, and reached out his hand, still blushing but ignoring his embarrassment and taking her hand in his. |
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They took about three hours to set down some new gripper strips, and lay down the new underlay and carpet. |
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He sat down beside her, holding her hand as she lay down on the couch, already looking sleepy, yet ready to go back home. |
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He asked his forces to lay down their arms and called on the Vietcong to halt all hostilities. |
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When I come up for my first at-bat, I'll lay down a bunt so I can try to get a single. |
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They migrate along the inner face of the blastula wall to form a ring in the vegetal region and lay down calcareous skeletal rods. |
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Organisms as diverse as phytoplankton, corals, crabs and molluscs lay down limestone or calcium carbonate skeletons. |
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With that, he lay down on the blanket beside her and gently parted the wool fabric of her sweater to reveal a white cami. |
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It was the first ecumenical meeting on poverty that helped to lay down the groundwork for future church coalitions. |
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The name was a hangover from the First World War, when the larger mortars were employed to lay down smoke or gas. |
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If you have a room with a pool view you cannot lay down in your room because the noise is that bad you are unable to hear yourself think. |
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In hindsight I should have just stayed longer, lay down and waited without embarrassment. |
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She left the road again and ran until she found another sheltered hollow in the trees and sumac, where she lay down and waited. |
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Union chiefs are now asking the Government to lay down tougher security guidelines for all bus operators. |
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Eve lay down and closed her eyes, but behind her closed lids, her mind was a flurry of activity. |
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Before I knew it, I had worked myself up into a frothing, barking frenzy and had to lay down and put a cold compress on my head. |
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Upon playing a card, his opponent must lay down all of his cards of the same suit and the same rank. |
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As she lay down and rested her head against the pillow, the thought contented her. |
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The machine gun crew can entrench itself to lay down a massive wall of fire. |
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After she had bid farewell to Mr. Fisher, who was fixing to leave and go back to town, Ana went to her new room and lay down on the bed. |
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No, I cannot lay down with a hanger hooked on a zipper trying to mash my fleshy body into a dress too small for me. |
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Historically, common practice was to lay down timbers to form a corduroy road bed. |
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One day, during a lunch break, I found a semblance of shadow under the branches of a cotton plant, lay down and opened a notepad. |
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But the tiredness caught up with me, too, so while the process was running, I lay down on the sofa and took forty winks, too. |
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This is by no means to suggest that I mind when you, gentle reader, lay down a primal scream or two for head-clearing or aesthetic purposes. |
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The military commanders of the Deep State do not take up the plow once they lay down the sword. |
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It is obviously proper for Parliament to lay down the framework within which the Judiciary operates. |
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This time last year investors were happy to lay down a big deposit for the prospect of growth years down the track. |
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The Uniform Commercial Codes lay down how much responsibility banks have to their depositors. |
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With such strong words, it's no wonder that the mascot on the group's website is a mischievous little pug dog who's ready to lay down the law. |
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And it is this robustness and purity of fruit that makes Pol Roger such an excellent champagne to lay down. |
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The leads are comprised of finely ground graphite and clay, which results in smooth, consistent lay down. |
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He lay down in the exact center of the circle, keeping close to the ground in order to escape the heat. |
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At the end of our journey, back in Zheleznitsa, we lay down by the side of the river and even had a quick dip in it. |
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The constitution or the laws of many civil law countries lay down the principle that nationals may not be extradited for prosecution abroad. |
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Back on the warm sand, I lay down on my stomach, pencil in hand ready to write my short story. |
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It just wagged its tail at her and lay down in a patch of sunshine to drowse. |
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I lay down on the bed, a thin mattress covered by state white sheets, and whispered above the din. |
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As we lay down in our sleeping bags, we slowly let our minds wander off and let our thoughts seek peace. |
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It was sad to see her go, but as soon as she pulled out of the drive, I'd walk back inside and go up to my room and lay down on my bed. |
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Anya let the cool water run over her as she lay down in the shallow creek. |
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Simple orders can be given to individual squad members, but they act on their own initiative at times and will lay down covering fire or assault the enemy without being told. |
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Settle the score, put the cards on the table, lay down the law. |
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Opposition politicians refuse to participate in new elections unless he steps down, and the rebels say they will lay down their weapons only when he is ousted. |
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Dehydrated and feeling weary, Marino lay down beside another migrant under a tree and fell asleep. |
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Negotiations cannot convince the militia's leaders to lay down their arms. |
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In an attempt to avoid further bloodshed Pius asked his own army, the Zouaves, to lay down their arms, fled the Quirinal and shut himself up in the Vatican. |
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I wouldn't lay down on that thing even if you promised me the moon. |
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To begin, they lay down two layers of plastic membranes, protecting the new growth from the toxins below. |
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But of course the great plan, the master plan for the property is to one day lay down a track, to harness up a horse, and start jogging one up and learn to drive. |
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If you and your fellows lay down your arms, you will not be harmed. |
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Nelson says he sees a day when grading professionals will lay down their own dust palliatives to cap off the soil after completing the excavation. |
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In exchange, it wants the rebels to lay down their arms and demilitarize. |
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They are not afraid to lay down their lives for what they believed. |
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The rules lay down that companies may only send unsolicited sales messages via email to members of the public if they have actively opted in to receiving them. |
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If even the greatest writers are not bound by the rules and we have no academy to lay down the law, who is to decide what is acceptable and what is not? |
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She'll lay down the law on headline issues and take your calls. |
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Whether or not the Minister and the Government has the right to lay down the law for a sporting body like this is another question and very much open to debate. |
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Their purpose is to lay down suppressing fire, along with the field guns, which will allow the men in the boats to swarm up the hill in either direction like an army of ants. |
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The Zebu cattle lay down in the Long paddock for an hour or so. |
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I pushed the armrests of three chairs up and lay down across them. |
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As he lay down there, his imagination was filled with blissful happiness. |
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Gingerly, about 30 couples lay down and squatted on mats and rugs for the mass face-sit. |
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The hyphae lay down double septa and, following cell separation, produce single uninucleate yeast cells that divide by fission and disseminate throughout the body. |
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That mission is facing warring factions to lay down their weapons. |
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Hardly a month passes without someone in a black gown having to lay down the law on matters so fluid they might be more fittingly served in a saloon. |
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Anna and I lay down on the cold linoleum floor, pillowing our heads on our carry-on bags. |
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You might be willing to pull a driver off the rack, waggle it a little, then lay down your credit card, but the stakes are higher in the professional game. |
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He lay down on his pallet still pondering, but the exhaustion from his long vigil the previous day swept him off almost at once into a dreamless, leaden sleep. |
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The point is to lay down markers, draw some lines in the sand, and give his voters something to rally around. |
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I never slept better feeling the pitch and roll as I lay down at night. |
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Codes of conduct lay down acceptable standards of behaviour. |
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The only time he felt nervous was when the janjaweed militia were a few miles off and the rebels casually lay down to sleep. |
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I keep the ripped side up so that I can remember which side was exposed to the blown sand all day, reminding me to flip it over at night before I lay down to sleep. |
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Contractors who had planned to lay down white lines to form narrow lanes over the weekend were rained off and the 10-month project had to be postponed. |
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Like all those who have gone before us, may the revelation of Christ in our hearts compel us to lay down our lives before him in worship and adoration. |
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It was a reclined position tricycle that you lay down in to use. |
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Sasha set up the lawn chair on the porch, put her lemonade on the table next to it, and lay down as Patrick and Annie Munoz played with a beach ball. |
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Closing her eyes, Sarah lay down on the grass near a tall willow tree. |
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It's time to lay down the law to the extremist uncompromising ideologues. |
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I thought very little of it as I got out of the bath, as I wrapped myself in dressing gown, as I walked through the house and lay down on the sofa to watch television. |
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Shangred then lay down on the bedding and looked at the child. |
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She moved at a full run or lope, and lay down a lot in between. |
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For the purpose of applying the content of the fifth indent of the first sub-paragraph, Member States may lay down guide levels, solely as a form of evidence. |
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We flexed to a level lay down to get rid of the ordnance on a half-sunken-ship target, then we transitioned to the strafe pattern. |
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He lay down, cuddled the blankets up to his ears, closed his eyes and composed himself to sleep, at peace with his conscience and the world. |
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Nor does it behove western commentators whose countries are occupying Iraq to lay down conditions for those opposing it. |
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Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy. |
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Inevitably, the next-door neighbour began to mow his lawn just as she lay down her head after a long night shift. |
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At home I lay down and sank into a not unpleasant intoxicatedlike condition, characterized by an extremely stimulated imagination. |
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Fay ceremoniously lay down in front of the measurer before the samples were taken. |
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And there and then the high king stood strong and lay down too led by Richard 'Strongbow' de Clare. |
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The Code of Civil Procedure does, however, lay down Danish as the language of the courts. |
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The boni intended to prosecute Caesar for abuse of his authority upon his return, when he would lay down his imperium. |
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Upon arriving in Rome, which would have happened by 75, he quickly began to lay down the tracks for his political career. |
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And since she was so tired, she wanted to lay down and sleep. |
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According to sources he, his wife and son plan to lay down roots in the Aloha state, where his spouse grew up. |
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As mottled enamel is the result of partial failure of ameloblasts to properly elaborate and lay down enamel, it is a developmental injury. |
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After an ugly fight broke out between two groups circulating petitions, a judge stepped in to lay down rules for petition circulators. |
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Phoebe lay down by me, and ask'd me archly if, now that I had seen the enemy, and fully considered him, I was still afraid of him? |
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Can the churches lay down the law for those outside its banner where they are in the minority? |
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We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms. |
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Then lay down an ethnic woven area rug in reds and blues or else a flokati rug, which is fluffy lamb's wool. |
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Nor yet can you lay down the gentleman's service when stimulated by prolonged incompatibility on the part of cooks, and take up Waitering. |
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Nature enthusiasts in the kingdom are hoping to lay down roots with a novel new idea aimed at combating the sparsity of plant life in Bahrain, writes Charlie Holding. |
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He brought with him a rug and a sheet, and lay down by the fire. |
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At length, after repeated fruitless trials, he lay down panting by me, kiss'd my falling tears, and asked me tenderly what was the meaning of so much complaining? |
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They're going to lay down tracks and have helpers push gullible gawpers along, amid the debris and detritus that inevitably accumulates in such forgotten places. |
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Armed Tupiniquim warily approach the beach, but on a signal from the two natives, lay down their bows, and allow the Portuguese to land and collect water. |
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Here he lay down on a place soft with culm, to take his contemplated rest, and, before he was aware of it, sleep had descended on him, overpowered him, and bound him fast. |
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They utilised a prenuptial agreement to lay down their terms. |
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The wedding party came to a halt at the foot of the tree and some of them lay down to eat and the Raja got out of his palki and lay down to sleep in the shade. |
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A few days later, a debate was staged that allowed him to lay down additional theses including the rejection of the Mass, Purgatory, and prayers for the dead. |
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The European Council will lay down common strategies, which will then be put into effect by the Council acting by a qualified majority, subject to certain conditions. |
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Where, therefore, the general permission of them would be pernicious, it becomes necessary to lay down and support the rule which generally forbids them. |
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Where we're coming from is we'll lay down some ground rules. |
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Taupin would write a set of lyrics, then mail them to John, wherever he was in the world, who would then lay down the music, arrange it, and record. |
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Let's lay down the rules right at the beginning, so we are consistent. |
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The sweat lodges were hot, not comfortable, but it was the most refreshing thing to actually sweat and then come out and lay down on the sand, looking at the crystal blue sky. |
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Nikki Udria opened the scoring when she successfully made it home after getting caught in a run-down when Alexa Peterson wasn't able to lay down a suicide squeeze bunt. |
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