1.   A book lay open on the table.

2.   A malodorous checked jacket, stiff with grime, was unbuttoned, the left flap lying open.

3.   A Siamese cat picks its way among the confusion of London Library volumes lying open on the table.

4.   He was sitting in bed with a book lying open on his knees.

5.   Her body lay open before him, her only covering a few wisps of silk.

6.   So Moon-Watcher stared at the crystal monolith with unblinking eyes, while his brain lay open to its still uncertain manipulations.

7.   The book lay open on the table.

8.   The man lifted up the newspaper, which was lying open on the counter.

9.   They try to show the many possible futures that lie open to us.

10.   Her handbag was lying open.