1.   They are laid as eggs in river tributaries all over the northern hemisphere.

2.   In February, they were told they were being laid off as part of County Council spending cuts.

3.   Chief among these issues is how many employees will be laid off as part of the transaction.

4.   Collins is between jobs, having just been laid off as a computer programmer.

5.   Company officials said about six commodity traders were laid off as part of a strategic review of business and staffing.

6.   Customer Charlie Parr, recently laid off as floor director at a local television news operation, was more positive.

7.   If you have no buying power, Christmas can be almost as non-commercial and laid back as Thanksgiving.

8.   Jones was laid off as an office worker in an oil company service department about five years ago.

9.   Then he laid them as ground cover beneath the tall trees.

10.   Then she was laid off as a headhunter for an Internet firm.