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.
The master mason who helped to lay the first stone assisted in fixing the last in the lantern.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
I go to lay the first stone of a house upon a Property I have—that house shall be my decoration.
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John
She knew that her Grandmother Felicite was going to lay the first stone of the Rougon Asylum, the triumphant monument destined to carry down to future ages the glory of the family.
From Doctor Pascal by Serrano, Mary J. (Mary Jane)
