Sentence examples for lay took from inspiring English sources

The airplane headed back to the hangar, where Mr. Lay took part in a conference call with advisers and Dynegy officials.

Mr. Lay took more than an hour of public attacks, but ever since Mr. Skilling answered questions, his testimony has been parsed, criticized and even held up as an example of possible perjury.

Whether Mr. Lay took action to protect his own financial situation, by paying off the loan with stock after he received that letter, will become clear only when the details of the loan payment are disclosed.

A ruckus ensued in the run-up to last year's general election when foreign-investment firms were compared to "swarms of locusts".In this section Politics this week Business this week Reprints Related items China: Struggling to keep the lid onApr 27th 2006 Toll roads: Merging lanesApr 27th 2006 Lexington: Premium pressureApr 27th 2006Laying it outKenneth Lay took the stand at the Enron trial.

His frustration grew, he said, when Mr. Lay took part in an online chat within the company on Sept. 26 and brushed off Mr. Vernon's question about the way Enron had accounted for deals it had made with supposedly independent partnerships.

Part of the reason is that lying takes a lot of work, and your body is the first to show it.

Yet Cecilia is the one in danger, and Helen becomes the gripping story of how her lies take her marriage to the brink of destruction.

I am not going to lie; taking the step to go to this country with a completely different culture was a bit scary.

This is what I mean by Barton's lies taking on a life of their own.

If you find a pattern of lying, take steps to protect yourself by beginning to distance yourself from the person.

Then, three months ago, his lies took him down.