| In 1784, the hotel housed a coffee house which laid claim to being the most elegant of its kind in Britain, perhaps in Europe. |
| Because his own title to the crown was doubtful, he laid claim to that of France. |
| Though it was a numb, lack-of-all sensation that laid claim to his body, it was far more merciful than the excruciation of the previous weeks. |
| Four young sisters have laid claim to being Bolton's most musical family after two of them landed places in national orchestras. |
| Alicia also laid claim to the small apron of land behind the cottage, with a well and a water pump. |
| Hatcher has laid claim to a jerkwater, sweaty little mining town named Helldorado. |
