lay the first stone
Example Sentences
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"This is the government and legislature that have the ambition to lay the first stone and start building this blessed project," said Matteo Salvini, the infrastructure minister and head of the League coalition party.
From Reuters • Nov. 22, 2022
Where he stopped to rest, there would they lay the first stone.
From The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts by Cory, Fanny Y.
Before he goes, Michael takes him to lay the first stone of the sheepfold.
From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred
The chaplain and his wife were already at work among them, and their little church only waiting for the bride to lay the first stone.
From Beechcroft at Rockstone by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
I called at seven a.m. on David Mocatta, the architect, and informed him that we should lay the first stone at eight o'clock.
From Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 by Loewe, Louis
