well-laid

But that well-laid plan didn't quite work out the way it was supposed to.

Suddenly he realized that this would end his well-laid plans of many months.

It was the first time in Fellows's experience that such well-laid plans had gone wrong.

The girls might want to be taken home, spoiling his well-laid plans.

You came into the picture rather unexpectedly and upset their well-laid plans.

A half dozen men were holding off ten times their number, thanks to well-laid preparations.

This engagement does not appear to have been the result of a long-term, well-laid plan.

Events that were beyond their control soon wrecked the country's well-laid plans for economic and national development.

The book is well-laid out, and will be a useful reference for anyone dealing with this area of life.

Boone had spoiled those well-laid plans, but he'd get no chance to tell what he knew.

But there is a villain that could upset these well-laid plans.

That well-laid plan dissolved with Richard's death in a 1993 plane crash.

"It was a well-laid plan, according to the report," he murmured.

But mostly, happiness consists in getting things right – whether it is a marriage or a well-laid table.

It is my feeling that I may be following a well-laid plan of my uncle's.

The carpets were deep and well-laid, as you might expect, but the colour was out of your nightmares.

But these are bumps in an otherwise well-laid road.

Well-laid plans are all very well, but things beyond the control of economists or politicians can make one country's reform happen faster than another's.

His well-laid plans seemed to come to nothing, and despite his efforts he needed money badly.

But it didn't take long for reality to intrude on the 50-year-old artist's well-laid plans.

The next best thing to an actual - or possible - Leonardo creation is one based on his well-laid plans.

Their well-laid plans had been destroyed by the weird personage in black.

Nowhere is this more evident than in the presentation of a well-laid dining table.

What if they were growing suspicious now and luring him into a well-laid trap?

The existence of a well-laid plot, not only against our government, but against you!