Sentence examples for first time lay from inspiring English sources

All kinds of online forums allow open discussion of religious questions.For the first time, lay people can easily separate religious commands from tradition by looking at holy texts and scholarship rather than relying on their local preachers.

The sixth man, a stocky infantryman with blond hair and a red face, who looked to be about twenty and was going into action for the first time, lay back against an earth embankment with his eyes closed, wearing an expression of boredom, as though he wanted to put these wasted minutes of waiting to some good use by catching up on his sleep.

Or any young couple falling in love, making love for the first time, lying in bed and swearing that they will never love again.

Mr. Bones was a stranger to me, and for the first time, lying in bed at night, I began to think, Who are you?

Mr Cameron has learnt a harsh lesson, and not for the first time: lie with dogs and you catch fleas.

You start building your private New York the first time you lay eyes on it.

Whitehead begins by discussing how every New Yorker devises a personal version of the city: "You start building your private New York the first time you lay eyes on it...

This month, the board of the new Millennium Challenge Account met for the first time to lay the groundwork for grants that President Bush has promised will total $5 billion annually by 2008.

The panel that chose Sir John included Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court and, for the first time, a lay member of the public, Dame Valerie Strachan.

I woke up at 4 a.m., same as every day, but it was the first time I lay in my sleeping bag for five minutes saying, Oh, my God.

While this wound is open, we have a chance to explore injuries that didn't heal right the first time and lay better foundations for the future.