Sentence examples for managed to lay from inspiring English sources

A man had his mobile phone stolen but managed to lay a hand on the thief just long enough for the crowd to close in.

The thinness of their presence means that, under the cover of darkness, Taliban have managed to lay booby trap roadside bombs in previously cleared areas.

"So I managed to lay down the foundations of who the character was before I then took a departure and became incarnations of who she is.

Assuming she managed to lay her hands on a copy of the Daily Mail - required reading in the Middleton household, I'd imagine - what would have been her reaction to finding herself branded "A Plastic Princess" all over the front page?

There, on February 16th, as he drove to the airport, apparently under the impression that he would be travelling to the Netherlands, the Turkish government somehow managed to lay its hands on him.

Nevertheless, the family — Pops, Cleotha, Yvonne, and Mavis — managed to lay down ten tracks in the course of a year, accompanied on some of them by the studio musicians Tony Grady, on bass, and Tim Austin, on drums.

In a mere ten seconds, Rajaratnam had managed to lie.

So, in the space of thirteen words, President Bush managed to lie (at least) twice.

How has Trump managed to lie repeatedly about other candidates without serious consequences?

There were no protests and there was no extra security in Islamabad on Tuesday, just a sense of embarrassment or indifference that bin Laden had managed to lie low for so long in Abbottabad.

And they eat any eggs that she manages to lay.