He picked out the nylons and lay them on his lap.

She only looked at it as it lay on her lap.

He laid his head on my lap, his face turned away from me.

He nodded, slowly, then laid his head on her lap and began to cry.

"Mother, just lay your head on my lap, and see if you can't sleep a little," says the girl, trying to appear calm.

And then, feeling the gesture to be theatrical, she laid them on her lap.

He reached for the hand that lay on Iris's lap, but she drew it away.

She turned her palms up and laid them gently on his lap.

He opened his attach6 case and laid it on his lap.

The letter that Lewis had found lay on his lap the whole time, and occasionally he looked down to read it yet again.