Sentence examples for lay hand on from inspiring English sources

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When you go above the law, the law will lay hand on you.' Recruits were disciplined by being beaten as they carried massive logs.

"A true revolution of values will lay hand on the world order and say of war, "This way of settling differences is not just".

Indeed, authentic "give and take" is at the core of Dr. King's message for how "a revolution of values" can "lay hand on the world order and say of war, "this way of settling differences is not just".

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The boys gather any metals they can lay hands on, pots and pans included, and sell them to Kitten (Sean Gilder), a local scrap merchant.

No one gets to lay hands on untouchable cultural icons (more on this later) the way we do.

The black market rate is several hundreds to one; the government blames speculators.To lay hands on foreign currency, Mr Mugabe has no choice but to rob exporters.

She would make a date to come back to see the apartment and then, if no one was around she would take anything she could lay hands on.

Read everything you can lay hands on.

Bidders seemed keener than ever before to lay hands on paintings or sculptures perceived as important.

Over the next several years, I devoured every work of his I could lay hands on.

The police, he said in the trial, "done everything but lay hands on me".

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