The letter lay open on a table by William's chair in the living room.

The letter lay in my lap as I wondered about all this.

Each letter laid bare the threat in the clearest terms.

He went back to the writing table where her last letters lay.

While he was thus engaged, the letter lay spread on the desk before him.

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

The letter lay close to the corner of the table.

The letter, the cloth, the ceramic pot lay without meaning, as if someone had simply dropped them onto the table.

The letter lay in his lap where he had dropped it.

Three or four letters still lay where Ackroyd had dropped them earlier in the evening.