He said the chickens had never missed a meal and he could not figure out why some of them had stopped laying eggs.

I got so angry with him for laying down the law.

Obediently, my class lay their heads on their desks, closed their eyes and waited.

Other European countries laid down a similar requirement for immigrants, and some terms are even tougher.

Over a hundred kinds of tea are laid out in a line on long tables.

Scott's last journey, completed as he lay in a tent dying of cold and hunger, caught the world's imagination, and a film made in his honor drew crowds.

She hopes to inspire the jamaicans to lay down their weapons.

Then lay the tube in place so that one end rests all the way in the cup and the rest of the line runs up — and out — the side of the hole.

This included digging up the road, laying the track and then building a strong roof over the top.

With great interest, he read everything he could lay his hands on, listened to the town elders and learned about the world beyond his tiny hometown.

This means they often have to make a special effort to lay the past to rest.

Leah gained confidence by laying out her fears and confronting them directly.

In spring, chickens start laying again, bringing a welcome source of protein at winter's end.

Why do some students give up when they encounter difficulty, whereas others who are no more skilled continue to strive and learn? One answer, I soon discovered, lay in people's beliefs about why they had failed.

His mother, convinced that she had to do something dramatic to prevent him from leading a life of failure, lay down some rules.

As he lay in the hospital recovering, Harper imagined a line of healthy frozen foods that tasted good.

they lay more emphasis on commitment and devotion

Increasingly, science indicates that genes lay the groundwork for many human traits.

But the store manger laid the evil eye on us.

his mother, convinced that she had to do something dramatic to prevent him from leading a life of failure, lay down some rules.

One answer, I soon discovered, lay in people's beliefs about why they had failed.

So he lay down and fell asleep, but the tide swept in quickly at the beach.

It laid emphasis on women's beauty.

Unfortunately, the union in Chicago is insisting that teachers who are laid off—often for being ineffective— should get priority in new hiring.

According to Chinese officials, their activities in Antarctica lay greater emphasis on scientific research.

That is because the engineers, designers, regulators, operators, and all of the other skilled people needed for the new energy industry are specialists who have to be trained first ( ' , or retrained, if they are the ones being laid off in some related industry), and education, like any other complicated endeavor, takes times.

So when fly the north, they might lay eggs in Louisiana and die.

They start to lay eggs when they are nine months old

Only the strongest can reach their destination to lay eggs.

Each flock of butterflies lays eggs in the same states.

Each generation in a cycle lays eggs at a different place

Later working together in London, they laid the foundations of modern physics by showing that normal laws of cause and effect do not apply at the level of subatomic particles.

Apparently the bus company will be laying off its employees if they can't reach an agreement on wages by midnight.

Laying the foundations of modem mathematics

They lay great emphasis on hard work.

Last year, Andrea's husband, Rick, a miner in Nevada was laid off.

The history of the EEOB began long before its foundations were laid.

There is a great deal of this kind of nonsense in the medical journals which, when taken up by broadcasters and the lay press, generates both health scares and short-lived dietary enthusiasms.