"lay a brick" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a person doing some building work, such as in the following sentence: The construction workers worked diligently, each taking turns to lay a brick.
Is it possible to lay a cheese brick wall, using cheddar for bricks, and cream cheese for mortar?! Remember that "the perfect student is one who always stumbles but never falls".
If you are turning the corner where you began, put the first brick in the first course so that it is square, and lay a few brick in this direction also.
A couple of the scores could be put down to indifferent goalkeeping by Roffey, though the sight of all those Canaries bearing down on him through a non-existent defence might still cause him to lay a misplaced brick or two when he goes back to work tomorrow.
"Ian brought out a sandwich, we got to chatting and mucking around, and he decided to lay a few bricks," Sharp recalled.
"Even though my father was a big contractor, every day he liked to go out and work with the men for about 15 or 20 minutes and lay a few bricks.
David Meyer takes issue with a piece by Danny Crichton: I'm from South Africa, where you regularly see people sitting by the side of the road, waiting for someone to pick them up and take them to go weed someone's garden or lay a few bricks.
If you are by yourself, then start at one end and lay a few bricks.
The city wall itself was built with rammed earth, a technique also detailed in Yingzao Fashi, vol. III, "Standards for Moat, Stronghold and Masonry Work": Foundation: For every square chi, apply two dan of earth; on top of it lay a mixture of broken brick, tile and crushed stones, also two dan.
But it is said that a successful person is one who can lay a foundation with the proverbial bricks that are thrown their way.
