He never dozed, and the pistol lay always across his knees.

Her hands, as they lay across her knees, were shaking.

Instead, the thief sat back down and laid the sword across his knees again.

The fat man was lighting a cigar; the energy rifle lay across his knees.

I laid the weapon across my knees as we flew.

"No." He leaned back, the coat laid across his knees.

The Stranger laid the sword across his knees and smiled at her.

"Take this," she ordered, and laid the gun across his knees.

The blade lay across his knees, liquid in the firelight.

He sat down, laid his case across his knees, and began to eat.