31.   He was laid off from that job last fall, he said, because the manager hired cheaper Chinese help.

32.   He was recently laid off from his job as an electronic technician, and was free-lancing to make ends meet, his brother said.

33.   Her husband has been laid off from his job at a government factory.

34.   Her house crumbling from erosion, laid off from her steel mill job, the woman finally took a flooding that drowned all her rabbits.

35.   Her partner, Meredith Steiner, was unemployed, having been laid off from her job with a group raising funds to combat AIDS.

36.   Her family lost its health insurance when her father was laid off from his job.

37.   His wife, who was also laid off from the mill, is also making some extra money making and selling birthday cakes.

38.   I almost got laid off from the band at one point.

39.   If you were laid off from your job, would you see it as an opportunity?

40.   If you were laid off from your job tomorrow, what would you do?