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He sat on the grass and lay down, positioning his hands so that his head was resting on his open palms.
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.
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.
I lay down beside him on my back, stiff as a ramrod, praying he wasn't going to do what he did.
Jay pulled her hospital gown up to her chest and lay down flat on her back.
Day in and day out the men in khaki lay down their lives for the call of duty.
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.
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.
It was necessary for all parties, both military and civilian, to lay down arms and regroup.
And the Republicans, I guess, will be so shocked and awed that they will lay down their arms and capitulate.
Offers from Khartoum of federal autonomy failed to persuade the increasingly active guerrillas to lay down their arms.
Terrorists and insurgents must lay down their weapons, and enable the vitally important reconstruction and humanitarian work to go ahead.
Supporters of the rebel stood by their promise to lay down their weapons peacefully.
Hakimi declared that no Taliban would agree to lay down his arms as long as U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan.
Through megaphones, voices in broken English blared out at them, urging them to surrender and lay down their arms.
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.
More than 600 attended his funeral in Leytonstone to hear family members appeal to local youngsters to lay down their weapons.
Now I find myself mother to five beautiful, intelligent, creative children for whom I would lay down my life in an instant.
Men and women who of their own volition have said they are willing to lay down their lives for a country they believe in.
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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Ymir lay down beside her and drank her milk, and on the milk she gave him he lived.
The next morning formby knocked up, and lay down, and we had to leave him in the scrub.
I ain't such a four-flusher as to lay down my hand before I've played it out.
I hope no aesthetic devotee of the fly-rod will lay down the book in disgust when I confess to a weakness for frogging.
I lay down on a purple-weeded rock and watched the fruit salad of the bathers.
I'll wait for ye, me bucko,' and I lay down in the corner and waited for him to come in.
When that was done she made a bundle of her cloak and shawl, and lay down in her clothes.
They kept it up until nightfall, and then beaching the canoe lay down once more in the tent, which strained in the wind.
At 3.0 in the morning they reached the Aisne, where they lay down and slept.
I piled the arms near the fire, rolled myself up in a shama of Brou's, and lay down on a sheepskin to go to sleep.
But this causing jealousy and heartburning, laughing, he lay down upon a log.
Captain saucier extended his hands to lift her, but she lay down again, holding the whip bolt upright.
Some Indians came in and lay down before the fire with the carriole driver.
You know what you hold, and if 'tain't a hand to lay down, it must be a hand to raise on.
He then washed himself and lay down to rest, and he was still asleep when the simurgh came home.
If we are rich, we can lay down our carriages, stay away from Newport or Saratoga, and adjourn the trip to Europe sine die.
Then they went on to a grove at Kusinr, and he lay down on a couch spread between two SLA trees.
Paul lay down on the blankets beside the schoolmaster, and in a couple of minutes was off to slumberland.
Wal, younker, if you've no 'bjection you can lay down and snooze till morning.
Then they lay down again upon the Beds and talked together as to what they should do.
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