1, The plates lay on the table.

2, An old issue of 'Homes and Gardens' lay on the table.

3, The recipe book lay on the table.

4, The Constitution lay on the table for signature.

5, The gun lay on the table.

6, An expensive handbag lay on the table,[http://sentencedict.com/lay on the table.html] and she was reading the morning paper in a perfectly ordinary way.

7, A copy of the book lay on the table, its cover facing upwards.

8, The parcel still lay on the table, and both girls had stood up.

9, Her hand lay on the table.

10, The opened package lay on the table.

11, He moved to lay on the table the bill for increasing the duty on coffee.

12, The brief lay on the table, as big as thick telephone directory.

13, Still the sliver lay on the table, next to the teabags.

14, The draped corpse lay on the table - a woman, by the shape of it.