31.   His father, Tom, was gone most days, laying pipe for the gas company.

32.   If business flagged, the employees might be laid off for a time, but they would be recalled later when things improved.

33.   In another, a table is laid for dinner with pottery, pewter and willowware.

34.   In naming Downing as publisher, he said the foundation has been laid for significant gains in profits and revenues.

35.   In return, the company promised that no current workers would be laid off for the term of the three-year contract.

36.   It ends with the old order overthrown and the foundation laid for even worse catastrophes.

37.   Last week she laid off for the LPGA Corning Classic to prepare for the Open.

38.   Medium-term plans are being laid for surgical-quality, anti-poverty programs designed to convince susceptible peasants that their government cares about them.

39.   One had to be laid off for budgetary reasons.

40.   Plans were laid for her ruin.