The platters were laid ready on the table, and we took our places.

Some few tasks appealed to us at once, since they lay ready to our hands.

Hand grenades burst to the right and left as we lay ready to charge.

By the 6me you come back I'll have your tea laid ready in the garden.

The covers were taken off the guns, shells laid ready and each man stood at his place.

We always have high tea when we've been into town, and it is all laid ready.

Now a small table centered the room, with a meal laid ready on it.

He had to curb his tongue, on which the words lay ready to leap: No!

Ever since that night I have had a fire laid ready.

Little did I guess that so much delight lay ready to my hand.