lay the first stone
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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
At length, on 18th April 1645, the proud queen was able to lead the future king, a boy of seven years, to lay the first stone.
From The Story of Paris by Katherine Kimball
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh will then proceed to lay the first stone.
From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 by James H. Mapleson
Thus late in life did Defoe lay the first stone of his literary reputation.
From Daniel Defoe by William Minto
After dinner, her eyes red with weeping, she went to the convent to try and soften Gerard, and lay the first stone at least of a reconciliation.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade
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