Sentence examples for managing to lay from inspiring English sources

Dr Bull observed that the time the queen guards the nest most actively is winter the mating season and he guessed that she is less concerned by the idea of a predator getting in than by the possibility of a female who has dallied with a male from outside the nest managing to lay some eggs before the royal clutch is ready.

And they eat any eggs that she manages to lay.

But Ms. Coughlan somehow manages to lay low in the part and let supporting actors propel the comedy.

I suppose for the first course, that aubergine salad, I can manage to lay my hand on the right bottle.

But coaches, being coaches, manage to lay not-so-subtle threats and guilt trips on their players.

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.

Slighter than Carver, less puerile than Bukowski, Vlautin nevertheless manages to lay claim to the same bleary-eyed territory, and surprisingly — perhaps even unintentionally — to make it new.

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.

The word "internet" gets a few hundred mentions among its million words, but he never manages to lay a finger on the colossal change that's happening.

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.