1.   I laid there for a second, and when I tried to get up, my head was just spinning.

2.   None the less, former project manager Ralph Allen believes he was laid off for speaking up.

3.   The basis was laid for the flowering of secular literature in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.

4.   The foundations have been laid for sustainable growth in both output and employment.

5.   He had expected some sordid den with a big wardrobe, a lot of shoes and a bed laid for business.

6.   Foundations were laid for a rivalry between the two countries which was to be one of the principal causes of the First World War.

7.   The vision of Arthur Guinness had been realised and the foundations laid for the building of the international organisation that is now Guinness Brewing Worldwide.

8.   The majority of deaths result from deliberate shooting or trapping, while others are due to poisons such as strychnine, laid for crows and foxes.

9.   Manager Graham Taylor was expecting Shearer to be laid off for some while, but the extent of the injury will be worrying for all concerned.

10.   Among the worst news is that bodies have started to pile up in the area, sometimes laying for days on the roadside before they are removed.