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blankets and shawls is laid in on
According to the coolness or coldness of the nights, additional covering, in the shape of soft blankets and shawls, is laid in on the box, their weight supported by the edges of the box.
— from Homo-Culture; Or, The Improvement of Offspring Through Wiser Generation by M. L. (Martin Luther) Holbrook

by a sudden inspiration laid it on
At all events, he took Nellie's hand, and, as if moved by a sudden inspiration, laid it on her mother's, saying: "Only the day after that on which I saw her first, I told her that I would never ask for this dear hand until her mother was by to give it.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 07, April 1868 to September, 1868 by Various

been actually stationed in Lodi instead of
If his rear-guard had been actually stationed in Lodi, instead of being so far in the rear of the main body, they might, by a protracted resistance from the old walls and houses, have given time for this necessary act of demolition.
— from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume II. by Walter Scott

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