Lap Sentence Examples

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  • She sat in my lap and hugged me tightly.

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  • She set the paper on her lap and stared at it.

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  • He wanted to warn the young man to wear a bulletproof vest and keep his hands in his lap for protection.

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  • You just gave me a lap dance, and my comment is making you blush?

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  • Carmen climbed off Alex's lap and took Destiny's soft little hand in hers.

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  • She sat in my mother's lap constantly, where I used to sit, and seemed to take up all her care and time.

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  • For a long time I was still--I was not thinking of the beads in my lap, but trying to find a meaning for "love" in the light of this new idea.

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  • Once there, she dropped her head to Jackson's lap and quickly fell asleep.

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  • Elisabeth sat with Jackson's head in her lap, her tears dropping on his face.

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  • She sat on her bed, cross-legged, a book in her lap.

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  • He placed a cool canteen on her lap.

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  • Darian had a plate of cookies in his lap and milk on the table.

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  • Both hands rested in her lap as she studied it for two full rotations.

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  • She tossed the picture in his lap again and made a face.

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  • He reached down and grabbed her by the arms, pulling her up into his lap.

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  • Claudette folded her hands in her lap.

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  • She lets me kiss her now, and when she is in a particularly gentle mood, she will sit in my lap for a minute or two; but she does not return my caresses.

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  • Betsy raced up to the bedroom and returned with her lap top computer.

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  • She began working on her lap top vigorously.

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  • She sat on one of two fold-out chairs in the concrete room, legs crossed and hands in her lap.

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  • Dean changed the subject by holding up the shopping bag from his lap.

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  • Fred O'Connor finished reading the latest pages as Mrs. Lincoln crawled onto his lap.

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  • Fred O'Connor sat in the parlor, a Sue Grafton novel in his lap, snoring softly.

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  • He lay on the sofa with his head in Elisabeth's lap.

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  • Elisabeth moved close to him and lay down again with her head in his lap.

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  • Elisabeth jumped up and put her head in his lap again.

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  • With a husky breath, she dropped to his lap, dove both hands into his hair and pulled his head back, planting a hard kiss on his lips.

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  • Dan dropped beside her, and the two lifted Brady's body from her lap and stretched him out.

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  • The Rig-Veda contains only one allusion to them, where it is said that " Soma is placed in the lap of the nakshatras "; and this is in a part including later interpolations.

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  • When the teeth are full the machine is stopped, and the silk stripped off the drum, then presenting a sheet-like appearance technically known as a " lap."

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  • His final lap tally for the day was 72 laps.

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  • I only know that I sat in my mother's lap or clung to her dress as she went about her household duties.

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  • Natasha, who was sitting opposite to him with her eldest daughter on her lap, turned her sparkling eyes swiftly from her husband to the things he showed her.

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  • A small packet wrapped in tissue fell to her lap.

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  • She joined him, sitting on the sofa and pulling one of Cynthia's quilts across her lap.

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  • Fred grumbled, but Dean just slapped his back and began to whistle, as if he didn't have a care in the world, while his mind turned like a racecar piston on the final lap.

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  • He was holding court with Fred O'Connor in the parlor, a plate of potato chips and a tuna salad sandwich on his ample lap.

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  • He placed the tray across her lap.

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  • Oh my God, she's really on your lap?

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  • He must have nodded off again, because when he opened his eyes, Elisabeth's human form lay sleeping with her head in his lap.

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  • They were on the sofa, Connor lying down with his head in her lap.

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  • Jackson took her hand and pulled her to his lap.

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  • After she finished drinking, she approached Jackson, licked his face, and put her head in his lap.

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  • This one … Brady shook his head at the woman in his lap.

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  • At one point, the girl dropped her napkin and the boy reached beneath the table, picked it up, and replaced it daintily on her lap.

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  • He munched on a leftover casserole some thoughtful neighbor had donated to poor hero Fred and was about to doze when the telephone startled Mrs. Lincoln from his lap.

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  • Joan dropped the tablet to her lap.

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  • Maybe laying the decision in his lap made him feel better about it.

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  • He leaned forward, dropping the paper to his lap.

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  • His warm fingers circled her wrist and the foot came down, making room for her on his lap.

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  • Sinking into his lap, her arms surrounded his neck.

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  • Her breath came out in a strangled cry as the tiny sweater fell open on her lap.

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  • She thought there was more to him earlier when he healed her and for a moment, she'd made the same mistake while sitting in his lap.

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  • Delilah put him to sleep upon her lap, called in a man to shave off his seven locks, and this time he was easily captured.

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  • In the latter, the cotton is arranged in the form of a rolled sheet or " lap."

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  • Besides the Hansag, the other principal marshes are the Sari-et, which covers a considerable portion of the counties of Jasz-Kun-Szolnok, Bekes and Bihar; the Escedi Lap in the county of Szatmar; the Szernye near Munkacs, and the Alibunar in the county of Torontal.

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  • Some of his statues, now in the Louvre, are carved out of Sinaitic dolerite, and on the lap of one of them (statue E) is the plan of his palace, with the scale of measurement attached.

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  • Spent with weakness and fatigue he asked leave to rest his head on his companion's lap, and quickly fell into a quiet sleep. As Niccolini tells us, the martyr's face became serene and smiling as a child's.

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  • The lap is taken to the filling engine, which is similar in construction and appearance to the opener as far as the feeding arrangements are concerned, but the drum, in place of being entirely covered with fine steel teeth, is spaced at intervals of from 5 to to in.

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  • When the agreed-on weight is on the drum, the silk is drawn across the face of the drum parallel with its axle, and pulled off in form of a sheet, and is called a lap. This lap is thin, but presents the fibres of silk now joined and overlapped in a continuous form, the length measured by the circumference of the drum.

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  • This lap is sometimes re-spread to make it more even, and at other times taken to a drawing machine which delivers in a sliver form.

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  • Lower Palaeozoic strata lap up on to the crystalline rocks on all sides of the mountain group. The region is rich in magnetic iron ores, which though mined for many years are not yet fully developed.

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  • They are skilful in the preparation of lap robes and rugs from the skins of the alpaca and vicuna.

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  • The subject was the Virgin seated in the lap of St Anne, bending forward to hold her child who had half escaped from her embrace to play with a lamb upon the ground.

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  • In this incomparable work St Anne, pointing upward with her left hand, smiles with an intense look of wondering, questioning, inward sweetness into the face of the Virgin, who in her turn smiles down upon her child as He leans from her lap to give the blessing to the little St John standing beside her.

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  • But he showed the cardinal three pictures, the portrait of a Florentine lady done for Giuliano de' Medici (the Gioconda ?), the Virgin in the lap of St Anne (the Louvre picture; finished at Florence or Milan 1507-1513?), and a youthful John the Baptist.

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  • Destiny slid off Felipa's lap and ran over to her.

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  • Carmen lifted Matthew's tiny head in the crook of her arm and let his little body rest in her lap, using her other hand to guide the nipple into his mouth.

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  • For the first time since he left home, she consciously let her mind go back to those fond memories - times when she would snuggle up on her father's lap and fall asleep.

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  • She sat and coaxed Molly to her lap.

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  • He clenched his hands in his lap and shook his head, the way Jonny did when he refused to confide in her.

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  • As Cynthia sat, the cat exchanged Dean's lap for Cynthia's in one effortless leap.

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  • Her conviction wilted as she stepped from her room into the living room to find the black-clad death dealer seated in an armchair, facing the door as if on guard, with a lethal black sword across his lap.

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  • Well aware afternoon had faded into night, she kept her cup in her lap to keep from fidgeting under his intensity.

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  • Kiera's eyes dropped to her lap, and she stared at the mass of furry legs, freezing in place for a long moment.

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  • Mrs. Lincoln mellowed into his lap, as out of character as a clown at a wake.

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  • They sat quietly, Jackson finishing his blood with her curled up in his lap, and then he carried her back to bed.

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  • This one … Brady shook his head at the woman in his lap.

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  • The guy's sitting on some tropical beach with a babe in his lap.

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  • Mary's tone was sarcastic as she glanced up from the magazine in her lap.

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  • His brown eyes were intent as he tried to navigate Katie's lap.

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  • She waited for him to catapult her out of his lap and fire her after the reminder, happy to have baited him for the second time.

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  • He experienced drive shaft failure which forced him to retire on his first lap.

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  • Depending upon the location of the roll at the side abutment will determine the actual side lap cover distance.

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  • Other professions, e.g. accountancy, will lap you up.

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  • A worked antimacassar lay upon her lap and a basket of colored silks stood upon a stool beside her.

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  • Pete Richardson, edge of madness " getting a beanbag off your lap is a sport now?

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  • Ernie reads bedtime to E on lap - this was one of his goals for the weekend, and E is happy.

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  • Section six was covered in a mass of mud and sludge that by the second lap had at parts become almost bottomless.

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  • Toby had a black leather briefcase in his lap.

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  • They are very useful as burp rags, laid over your shoulder or lap, as you burp the baby.

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  • The 10 mile Senior club cross country champs was a one lap course from there.

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  • While I found the whole concept extremely cheesy, my younger sisters, aged nine and six, seemed to lap it up.

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  • Michael Morgan finished a strong 9th but Dennis Ashmore was unfortunate to suffer a BIG spin exiting the chicane on the last lap.

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  • The bottom line has 40% larger digits 100-hour chronograph with lap and split 30-lap memory with average heart rate and split time.

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  • I couldn't go last time coz LAP were coming up from Manchester to play the Vale the same night.

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  • He was just about to ask a share of the luncheon when the girl stood up and brushed the crumbs from her lap.

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  • With no stoppage forthcoming, Mark Loram brilliantly reeled in Rico, before daringly dashing past on the back straight of the final lap.

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  • Many jounalists lap up this marketing drivel for want of something more interesting to write about.

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  • This year, Banner mounted two major solo exhibitions under the collective title 'Your Plinth is My Lap ' .

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  • David Harwood still holds a lap record in formula ford at Oulton Park.

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  • A 7 man break formed on the second lap and soon forged a 45 sec gap.

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  • On lap seven Marshall had a moment on the approach to Radar and stopped before rejoining the fray.

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  • Dave chased and caught to claim both a team gold medal and the day's fastest lap of 9 min 27 sec.

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  • Adams ended the meeting in tremendous style by easing to victory, whilst Richardson pulled up with mechanical gremlins on the third lap.

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  • The Lap steel guitar - excellent page includes background and history of the lap steel guitar, related links and steel guitar players.

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  • On lap nine Green dived through into the druids hairpin to claim third.

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  • Another lap, a few more hundredths shaved off, and Moore's work was done.

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  • Lap belt, inertia reel belt or fixed harness with two shoulder straps.

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  • With only a lap of wet practice and me on inters, I was tentative to say the least!

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  • The descent was easier but the last lap along the forest path seemed interminable!

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  • Braking hard into the hairpin on the first lap Webster looked simply invincible.

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  • I don't care what your lap time was, you crashed the go kart.

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  • Smith had the slight advantage going into the penultimate lap where he suffered with a rear flat tire forcing him out of the race.

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  • Bill Clinton visited Shakespeare's county of Warwickshire on his final lap of honor.

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  • David's namesake John spun at the hairpin before retiring on the eighth lap.

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  • Lucky for him that Fisichella stalled and caused there to be a second warm-up lap!

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  • The Australian was visibly hampered by the erratic style of Kosciecha, most notably on turn four of the opening lap.

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  • He began his race on the parade lap by nudging his nose behind and beside Hutchinson.

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  • Small consolation - in the closing laps, Johnny set second fastest race lap.

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  • It was around the halfway mark, lap five, that it really got lively!

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  • Anyone who lets the neighbor 's turkey sit in their lap will definitely fit in here!

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  • Unlike tiles that have nibs to locate them on a batten, every double lap slate needs to be twice nailed.

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  • Double lap slates have no nibs, relying on the nails or hooks for their fixing.

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  • And Th ' king o ' the sky In her lap doth lie    When she sitteth at her door.

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  • He finished the first lap in 13th place, which proved to be yet another lucky omen.

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  • In the under-11 boys ' events, Anthony Parkes won the speed bounce and was third in the one lap race.

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  • The 500cc bike holds the lap record at the Old Park Hall circuit at Oswestry.

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  • However, the Slovenian eventually relegated Hawkins to fourth with a clever cut-back pass on the rear straight of the fourth lap.

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  • But the problem on the £ 800,000 project was that the curved roofline ruled out the use of normal single lap roof tiles.

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  • She lies on my lap like a little cherub form Rubenesque school!

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  • The Kenyan runners acknowledged Mottram's effort by all rushing to console him and invite him to share a lap of honor.

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  • The Face and iD magazine are gonna lap it up like the scum they are.

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  • A four-point wheelchair restraint system is installed with a personal lap and diagonal seat belt for the wheelchair user.

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  • Vesuvius sat back in his chair and covered his lap with the white serviette, licking his lips with anticipation.

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  • The Tinkerman departed with head held high, while United set off on a slightly sheepish lap of honor.

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  • I should have thought a middle class family would have been living in the lap of luxury on a small sherry at Christmas.

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  • This reversible section may be used either with interlocking slates, or natural and man-made double lap slates.

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  • Resin slate tolerances Single lap resin slate, made in a press, has a smaller manufacturing tolerance than either clay or concrete.

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  • The 1km time trial is a flat-out four lap sprint with no-one else on the track.

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  • Among other oddities was the result of the 3,000m steeplechase; a mistake by the lap counter meant that runners ran an extra lap.

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  • Comes with a good 10 lap stopwatch, with 10 run memory for comparing previous sessions.

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  • The Xtreme has a 100 hour stopwatch with 99 lap memory including lap time, average HR per lap.

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  • Polar OwnCal - calorie expenditure 99 lap / split stopwatch with 1/100 second resolution.

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  • The race had to be restarted after a series of opening lap tangles.

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  • They were separated by two-fifths of a second at the end of lap one, with Barry Davidson (Yamaha) lying third.

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  • Average HR splits will give an accurate average per lap / segment / equipment etc. 100-hour, 3-mode countdown timer.

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  • Lots of lap sitting, and laptop sitting, and assorted other tomfoolery.

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  • On the same lap, a singularly unfortunate incident left two cars badly damaged.

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  • The marriage ceremony included joining of hands and the utterance of some formula of acceptance on the part of the bridegroom, as " I am the son of nobles, silver and gold shall fill thy lap, thou shalt be my wife, I will be thy husband.

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  • Not so easily to be classed, but among the most individual and beautiful of his pictures, are a few of which the motive was purely aesthetic. Amongst these may specially be noted "The Summer Moon," two Greek girls sleeping on a marble bench, and "The Music Lesson," in which a lovely little girl is seated on her lovely young mother's lap learning to play the lute.

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  • Her power is irresistible, even greater than that of the gods; to her was due the strife (battles with Titans, Giants) that raged amongst them of old, before the rule of love began; the world revolves round the spindle, which she holds in her lap. According to the Egyptian theory, she is one of the four deities present at the birth of every human being, her companions being the Daemon (guardian spirit), Tyche (Fortune) and Eros.

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  • The contents of the so-called Lapps' graves found in various parts of Scandinavia are often sufficient in themselves to show that the appellation must be a misnomer, and the syllable Lap or Lapp found in many names of places can often be proved to have no connnexion with the Lapps.'

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  • They mounted into the buggy, Dorothy holding Eureka safe in her lap.

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  • Allan, her cat, jumped off her lap and ran to the edge of the porch quivering with fear.

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  • Wet lap trick reminisce about holidays cross names off.

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  • A Mandolin is normally rested in the lap and for a right-handed player, the fretboard and tuner point out to the left.

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  • She had discarded her roses with a shudder; cap, goggles, duster, lay advance boy game video in her lap.

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  • The Kenyan runners acknowledged Mottram 's effort by all rushing to console him and invite him to share a lap of honor.

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  • Callum settled for the runners up spot having had a grassy moment on the final lap.

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  • A passenger safety lap belt (not the wheelchair lap belt) is the minimum acceptable for forward facing travel.

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  • Here, she is pictured crowned, with the Christ Child on her lap, bearing a scepter in her left hand.

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  • I 've got a bruised leg and a scratched nose but otherwise I 'm looking forward to trying to complete a lap tomorrow !

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  • The wolf licked her hand, rested his head in her lap and was silent for a while.

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  • Picture a sobbing child sitting in his mother 's lap.

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  • Despite spinning off on the first lap, Ray Armes rejoined the race to finish 17th.

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  • Lang passed Boardman half-way round the first lap; Chisnall, meanwhile, was in the thick of a midfield fight.

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  • The pillow rests on mom's lap, and the baby rests on the pillow.

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  • Place your baby on your lap as you watch the video together, and talk to her about what you are seeing on the TV.

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  • There is a shoulder and lap belt installed in the car where the child will be riding.

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  • Does the lap belt sit across your child's hips without pulling upward onto her stomach?

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  • Sometimes the best place for your laptop isn't actually your lap, so if you're wondering where to buy laptop desks, you aren't alone.

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  • There are also small tables that cross your lap and stand on their own.

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  • In addition to those options, there are flatter models designed to be set directly onto your lap, keeping the heat of the laptop off of your skin and sometimes allowing space to use your mouse.

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  • These tables stand alone but still cross over your lap.

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  • Stacks and Stacks has several different types of laptop desks, from full-size adjustable standalone models to the smaller ones that you put directly in your lap to spare yourself from the heat of the computer.

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  • You can use it across your lap in a flat position or fold it and elevate your laptop to keep it cool on tabletops.

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  • Athletes have been using them to track your lap times for years, but with the added functionality of GPS technology, the Ironman Global Trainer is even more powerful.

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  • If the peaceful little kitten in your lap suddenly decides to grab your hand and begin gnawing on it, gently set him on the floor and quit giving him any attention.

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  • Use a softer brush than you might use on an adult cat, and brush softly while he's sitting in your lap.

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  • While they are not generally lap cats, they are very social creatures.

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  • Whether they're scampering after string, swatting at toy mice or purring on your lap, kittens bring love into any home.

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  • If I'm sitting down, she will get up in my lap and purr.

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  • When she sits on my lap she sometimes kneads my arms or lap.

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  • You can gently remove your shirt from her mouth when the behavior starts and reposition her in your lap.

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  • She climbs in a lap, kneads for at least ten minutes, will lay down for a bit, then stand up and start kneading again.

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  • We have tried removing her from the lap each time she starts this pattern, but she is persistent and just climbs up in the lap again, and again, and again.

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  • A contented cat will often knead your lap before she lies down.

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  • Kittenhood was likely a happy time for your cat and apparently she fills a similar comfort and joy when sitting in your lap.

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  • The kneading actually means that Juliet loves you and feels safe and protected when sitting on your lap.

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  • If it becomes uncomfortable, try keeping her nails trimmed or laying a pillow across your lap for her to sit on.

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  • I can put him on the floor, and he'll jump right back on my lap, and do it again, only getting rougher the second time, where he'll lightly bite my chin and try to lick my face like crazy.

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  • Many are aloof, while others are always looking for a lap to climb into.

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  • Calm, affectionate and loyal, Siamese cats love to curl up on their human companion's lap.

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  • If a cat has a history of being a lap cat, it's likely he will remain that way, whereas it's more difficult to tell what a kitten's final personality will be.

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  • Even if your little kitten grows into a really big Maine Coon cat, it will still be a welcome guest on any lap.

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  • It is not unusual for a cat to sit on her owner's lap and purr deeply when petted.

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  • You can provide this by gently holding your kitten when she wishes to be in your lap, petting her or playing with her every day.

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  • There's nothing like holding a book in your hands, having your child crawl into your lap, and diving into a good story.

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  • Similar to Pottery Barn, Ballard has everything from lighting to sofas to paintings to accessories, so you could redesign your entire home with a Ballard catalog on your lap.

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  • Dragons that perch on your shoulder or are able to curl up in your lap are known as Jiliam and can be adopted through Draconian adoptions.

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  • This means you need to hold your baby on your lap while you work, which can be difficult.

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  • Those who want to ski in the lap of luxury favor resorts such as Aspen, Vail and Beaver Creek.

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  • Keep trying and the perfect teen job is likely to land in your lap!

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  • Sitting on Dan's lap, pumping my fist to the music as a friend pushed us around, we suddenly we came to an abrupt halt.

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  • Titles include Aerobic Striptease, Fit to Strip, Advanced Aerobic Striptease, The Lap Dance, and Hip-Hop.

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  • Driving with her baby in her lap, a strange interview with NBC's Matt Lauer and a highly publicized divorce from Kevin Federline were just the beginning.

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  • February 2006 - Spears is caught on camera driving down the road with son Sean Preston sitting in her lap and not safely strapped into a car seat.

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  • February 2006 - Attempting to escape the paparazzi, Britney grabs five-month old baby Sean Preston, plops him in her lap and drives away.

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  • Shortly after her divorce from Federline, photographers snapped a picture of Spears driving with one of her young sons in her lap rather than in a car seat.

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  • If you want to sail in the ultimate lap of luxury, try a cruise on Silversea.

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  • They are lap sized, making them perfect companions.

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  • While a Great Dane may try to sit on your lap, you might not be too happy about it.

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  • Small dogs can also make excellent lap dogs due to their size.

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  • You truly get the impression, that this is more than a mere dog in your lap.

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  • There's no way to safely leave a window down when your pet can jump out if the mood strikes him, and having him try to crawl into your lap while you're driving is distracting at the least.

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  • He is very gentle with me, and likes to sleep with his head on my lap.

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  • Generally this happens when he's in my lap getting loved.

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  • A lap dog may only need to take a nice stroll to relives himself.

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  • It is not safe to drive with a dog on your lap and it is not safe to drive with a dog in the other front seat.

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  • Allow yourself time with your pet everyday to hold him, stroke and touch him and hold him in your arms or on your lap.

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  • Get the dog to sit in your lap or next to you and begin by touching his feet.

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  • In a way, these lines in tablature are upside down from the way the guitar physically sits in your lap, but you should think in terms of pitch.

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  • One of the best ways to do this is to place the tuner on your lap or on a table that is not much higher than your lap.

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  • When you're sitting, rest the bass on your lap.

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  • If you're just starting out on your journey to be a steel guitar player, finding lap steel guitar instructions is of paramount importance.

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  • When you open your lap steel guitar case for the first time, it might come with a "care and feeding" set of instructions for maintaining your instrument, but it probably won't tell you how to go about playing it.

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  • This article will give you some essential lap steel guitar instructions to help you get started.

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  • If you're looking for lap steel instructions, you're probably coming to the instrument as a novice.

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  • It is rare, but not unheard of, for someone to pick up the lap steel as their first foray into the world of guitars.

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  • However, most lap steel players come to the lap steel as regular guitarists who are looking to learn a new type of guitar.

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  • Lap steel guitars are played through amplifiers like regular electric guitars, but lap steel players often use volume pedals as well to create the swelling sound that the instrument is known for.

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  • The reason for this is that players don't press the strings of a lap steel down to the fretboard to play notes like on a standard electric guitar.

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  • Unlike a slide that is used to play a standard guitar, the bar used for the lap steel is a very heavy solid bar that is held in the left hand, not slipped over a finger.

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  • On most occasions, the lap steel is played with the bar perfectly perpendicular to the strings and parallel to the fret markers.

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  • The lap steel is not picked with a standard plectrum like a regular guitar, but is instead played using finger picks.

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  • This is one of the most challenging aspects of learning the lap steel, and it will take practice to learn correct finger picking techniques.

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  • In fact, a lap steel can be tuned in almost any tuning imaginable.

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  • Some popular tunings are C6 (C-E-G-A-C-E) and Dobro (G-B-D-G-B-D), but there are many, many other tunings with which lap steel players experiment.

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  • If you're really looking to get away from the ordinary, finding unique lap steel guitars is a great way to spice up your sound and your style.

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  • The lap steel has been around a long time and was originally used as an electric version of the slide guitars used in Hawaiian music.

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  • In fact, the earliest electric guitars from the Rickenbacker guitar company were not electric guitars as you know them today, but actually prototypes of electric lap steels.

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  • This article will help you find unique lap steel guitars to round out your collection.

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  • The following manufacturers are producing brand new lap steel guitars that are a bit out of the norm.

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  • They're inspired by the old Gibson UltraTone lap steels and are available in six, seven or eight-string models.

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  • Gosden Guitars - This British luthier makes some really cool lap steels with beautiful wood grains and electronics like you'd find in a standard electric guitar.

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  • Jim Dyson - The JD Lap Steel is a simple yet elegant tone machine.

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  • The lap steels feature Seymour Duncan pickups and unique woods like zebrawood.

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  • There are so many vintage lap steels that it is difficult to make a list, but here are a few standards just to give you an idea.

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  • Fender Princeton Lap Steel - Not to be confused with the Fender Princeton amplifier, this lap steel was manufactured in the 1940s and featured a single pickup, single knob and simple body styling.

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  • You'll need to be persistent and patient; unique lap steel guitars don't come up for grabs very often.

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  • Channel siding patterns vary greatly, from traditional lap siding to profiles that mimic logs.

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  • Composite lap siding offers the homeowner the choice of a wood finish without the high cost of using real wood for the home's exterior.

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  • Warm, comfortable sweaters, lap robes, shawls, slippers, and non-slip socks are usually welcome gifts, especially in cold climates.

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  • The maximum height of the ride is approximately five stories, and at each end the platform continues to spin as it reverses course and sends the riders on another undulating lap.

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  • A heated lap pool is another popular feature.

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  • To get free mode jogging, where you can jog just about anywhere, complete the Island lap two or three times.

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  • So don't just think you're racing around lap after lap only to enjoy the scenery.

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  • On the next lap, most of the barrier wreckage was in the middle of the road and I hit it again…and again…and again… Okay, maybe it wasn't funny now, but you had to be there.

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  • Elimination is when the 5th and 6th place cars are knocked out on the first lap, the 3rd and 4th place cars are eliminated on the second lap and it's a head to head race on the final lap.

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  • You race 5 challengers in succession; winning each lap starts the next with a new set of challengers.

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  • In Driving Skills, you have to pass through a number of gates on one lap in a set amount of time.

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  • Seconds Out has you collecting bonuses from around the track while completing the lap in a given time limit.

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  • In the Boost races, you get two boots per lap to use against your seemingly unlimited boosted opponents.

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  • There is no one way to get to the checkpoints, though there is a certain basic route you must take if your doing the lap thing.

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  • Also, stay in second and watch the first place racer and see what he (or she) does on the first lap.

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  • Making history in 1987, Namco released the racing game Final Lap.

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  • Rally is a two lap race against one rival.

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  • You pick two cars to race and after the first lap you change cars.

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  • Knockout is when the last place driver is eliminated after each lap until one person remains.

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  • Use the first lap to see who's racing the best, then on the second lap, ram them into a wall or make them go headfirst into a pylon or something similar.

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  • Try to overtake as many cars in the first lap as you can.

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  • If you're not in 3rd or 4th by the last lap, then you have a slim chance of catching up.

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  • You might be able to overtake the first 2 cars in the first lap, but don't count on it.

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  • The mother can use pillows to support the baby and a footstool to flatten her lap.

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  • Afterwards, they can use a belt-positioning booster seat, which provides a taller sitting height so that the adult lap and shoulder belts fit correctly.

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  • When older children are 57 inches (1.45 m) tall and weigh 80 lbs (36 kg), they may use adult lap belts.

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  • Sounds of varying intensity are presented to one of two speakers as the child sits on a parent's lap.

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  • The child is held on the parent's lap or stands in front of the seated parent.

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  • Holding the infant face-down across the lap puts pressure on the belly that can sometimes ease the distress.

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  • A laughing Buddha riding an elephant with children on his lap or running beside him is an excellent symbol for family happiness and prosperity.

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  • Lap dogs were employed to keep insects off of humans as needed, since the standard house flea would jump from human to pet rather than infest in their hair.

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  • Although men in royal court also relied on the services of a lap dog, most of them still kept their hair short beneath their wigs for ease of grooming and fittings.

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  • In the cradle hold, you start by raising your baby to your breast using pillows and your lap.

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  • In February, newspapers across the nation published photos of Britney driving with her baby in her lap.

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  • Knowing that heat has an impact on male fertility, the student asked how that amount of heat would affect a man who holds a laptop on his lap for long periods of a time.

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  • While it cannot be fully determined if utilizing a laptop computer on one's knees and lap decreases sperm quality, count, or production, common sense says there may be some link between male fertility and laptops.

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  • Additionally, this is not going to affect men who only rarely put their laptops on their lap.

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  • It doesn't take much effort to move your laptop to a desk or tabletop, or to ask your husband or boyfriend to move it from his lap.

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  • It is the perfect choice for lap swimming, practice and competitions.

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  • Participants bring in additional money by asking others to sponsor them at a per lap or per hour rate, or at a set amount.

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  • Whether or not the Santa you and your children will visit this holiday season has been vaccinated against the H1N1 virus, there are many easy steps you can take to stay safe and still get that priceless picture on Santa's lap.

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  • For example, if you put your hand behind your head and then on to your lap and he follows by doing the same, he may be interested in you.

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  • Maybe letting him think you're too tired to do anything but then suddenly sit in his lap, feed him his favorite chocolate and tell him how much he means to you.

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  • These also usually have a lap enclosure and a slightly structured rectangular style.

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  • If living green is important to you, then this eco-friendly Livity Lap Wrap Laptop Case will be at the top of your list.

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  • Virgo animals love to live in the lap of luxury and only the fluffiest of pillows and the softest of beds will do.

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  • Wonderful opportunities are practically falling in your lap.

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  • The breeze stirs up the smell of the ocean as the waves continue to lap against the shore.

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  • For dieters who have a significant amount of weight to lose, this makes Medifast a great alternative to lap band or gastric bypass surgery.

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  • All Sportura watches offer a chronograph feature, to help you keep track of those lap times.

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  • Optional high-tech features include bi-directional pilot's slide rule bezels, solar technology, enhanced 100 lap memory, alarm chronographs, and average speed flight computers.

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  • The 43 lap chronograph, dual time zones with date and one-touch backlighting ensure runners deliver their top performance every time.

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  • The watch's functional features include 100 or 50 lap chronometer, customizable display for tracking progress, data mode and water resistance to 100 meters.

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  • In addition to a choice of three groovy colors (taupe, cyan, or black), Stride offers dual time zones, a lap counter, stopwatch functions, heat or preset timers, and water resistance to 100 meters.

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  • Now rest your right hand in your lap, dropping the shoulder down as you inhale.

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  • Does the child enjoy swinging, bouncing on your lap or similar activities?

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  • Unless you've found a really unique niche in your field and have a ton of free publicity dumped in your lap, you will not likely see a drastic direct increase in sells immediately.

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  • Start by slowly stomping twice, clapping your hands twice, slapping your lap twice and clapping the hands of your neighbors.

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  • Going a little faster, stomp your feet twice, clap your hands twice, slap your lap twice, clap your neighbors hands twice.

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  • Faster still, stomp twice, slap your lap twice, clap your hands twice, clap with your neighbor's hands twice, and then slap the side of your right foot, stomp it down, slap it from behind you and stomp it down again.

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  • The quilts made in this manner were often showpieces more than useful items, though they might have been used as lap quilts as well as being draped over a piece of furniture to show off the lovely stitching.

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  • It also moves the weight of the finished product from your hands and shoulders to your lap.

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  • Small granny squares can be linked together to form an afghan, while larger squares can create tote bags or lap blankets.

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  • This means that much of the weight of the project is held on the lap rather than on the needles.

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  • A swimmer can make every third lap a full sprint while going normal to slightly slower than normal speed for the other two laps.

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  • During early Cub shows, Robynn Iwata, the guitarist could be seen sitting on a chair near the edge of the stage, with a list of chord progressions on her lap, along with her guitar.

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  • There were rumors of trouble in her marriage, and she was photographed driving with her son on her lap.

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  • Invite guests to take turns sitting on "Santa's" lap while they listen to the gift list he thinks they should have.

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  • In the seat next to her is a german shepherd (dogs can sense the human form of terminators) and a gun was resting in Sarah's lap.

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  • If you initially will be running the site yourself, all problems - from users conflicts to login trouble - is on your lap.

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  • There are over five-hundred guest rooms and seventy suites, as well as three ballrooms, a fitness center, lap pool, sauna and business center.

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  • She dropped the picture in his lap and watched his reaction.

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  • When Alex came home Destiny crawled into his lap.

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  • He motioned to his lap.

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  • He held a hand up to her and then guided her down to his lap.

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  • She settled into his lap, welcoming the hands that encircled her waist.

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  • She glanced at the book in her lap.

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  • His eyes constantly roved over the dunes and his rifle lay across his lap, ready for use.

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  • She was draped across his lap so that his body shaded her from the sun and he was fanning her with her hat.

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  • She quietly lifted it and placed it on her lap.

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  • Darcie folded her hands in her lap and stared at them.

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  • She lifted the cat to her lap and turned so the light from the doorway would fall on the foot.

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  • She looked at the unconscious woman in her lap then twisted to look up at Darian.

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  • Mrs. Lincoln slipped into the room amid throaty sounds of welcome and hopped onto Martha's lap as calmly as if she'd never left.

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  • The chain-of-events had unfolded the way she planned, except that Gabriel didn't fall into her lap, and she had lost all her power in the process.

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  • Reaching down, he plucked from her lap.

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  • One of the kids handed her a handful of cotton balls while another put a doll in her lap.

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  • He pulled her into his lap, his possessive touch and warmth soothing her.

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  • She sat very still on the dark grey bed, her legs folded and hands in her lap, and stared at Evelyn.

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  • Something furry dropped into Kiera's lap.

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  • Fred plopped down on the sofa, set the plate in his lap and continued to eat and talk at the same time.

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  • She was dressed in a tattered coat, hands in her lap, sitting as nervously as an immigrant awaiting deportation.

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  • Jackson head still rested on Elisabeth's lap.

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  • Climbing on his lap, still sleepy, she nuzzled into his neck.

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  • Elisabeth had fallen asleep with her head in Jackson's lap before they even took off.

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  • He laughed, "Well, I'm sitting on the sofa petting a beautiful wolf who is sleeping in my lap."

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  • He plunked him­self down in the living room with a hit-me-with-your-best-shot look and lifted Mrs. Lincoln to his lap for moral support.

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  • Brutus wandered upstream, pausing to lap at the cool water.

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  • Katie giggled and assisted him so that he could hug his daddy, but kept him in her lap.

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  • Immediately Natalie joined them, climbing onto her lap.

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  • Carmen shifted him to one arm and allowed Natalie to settle into her lap.

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  • After supper the twins and Destiny crawled into his lap and listened quietly as he read them a story.

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  • No, actually she had been willing to dump it all in his lap.

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  • She stared boldly at him as he read from the book in his lap.

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  • She's totally sitting in Xander's lap.

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  • Xander dropped his feet from the other chair and hauled her in front of him, then yanked her belt to bring her into his lap.

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  • Like Wordsworth she lays us on the lap of earth and sheds the freshness of the early world.

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  • For flat ropes the drum or bobbin consists of a solid disk, of the width of the rope fixed upon the shaft, with numerous parallel pairs of arms or horns, arranged radially on both sides, the space between being just sufficient to allow the rope to enter and coil regularly upon the preceding lap. This method has the advantage of equalizing the work of the engine throughout the journey, for when the load is greatest, with the full cage at the bottom and the whole length of rope out, the duty required in the first revolution of the engine is measured by the length of the smallest circumference; while the assistance derived from gravitating action of the descending cage in the same period is equal to the weight of the falling mass through a height corresponding to the length of the largest lap, and so on, the speed being increased as the weight diminishes, and vice versa.

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  • Popular etymology has given the word its present form, as if it meant "wing-flapper," from "lap," a fold or flap of a garment.

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  • Now all of a sudden your children are raised in what seems to everyone to be the lap of luxury.

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  • I slipped from my mother's lap and almost ran toward them.

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  • When I was a very little child I used to sit in my mother's lap all the time, because I was very timid, and did not like to be left by myself.

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  • She fed the elephants, and was allowed to climb up on the back of the largest, and sit in the lap of the "Oriental Princess," while the elephant marched majestically around the ring.

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  • Finally he looked down at his lap and let out a long weary sigh.

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  • Destiny sat on Carmen's lap and Alex held her arm while the pediatric nurse inserted an IV.

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  • My wife looked up from her lap top.

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  • Cynthia asked, cutting the game short as Mrs. Lincoln leaped into her lap, purring like a buzz saw.

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  • She gave a startled cry, shot up from her seat, and swiped the creatures from her lap in one movement.

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  • Gladys Turnbull was pounding away on a lap top computer in a corner of the parlor while young Martha and Donnie played a game of Old Maid on the sofa.

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  • Dean picked up the hall phone, and resting the phone book on his lap began calling lodging establishments.

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  • Sitting cross legged, Elisabeth held Jackson's hand in her lap, gazing at his face.

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  • Brady pulled her into his lap and set to work on cleaning her up and repairing her wrist.

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  • She nestled herself comfortably in Dorothy's lap until the kitten gave a snarl of jealous anger and leaped up with a sharp claw fiercely bared to strike Billina a blow.

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  • I used to sit in my mother's lap all day long and keep my hands on her face because it amused me to feel the motions of her lips; and I moved my lips, too, although I had forgotten what talking was.

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  • The princess, holding her little dog on her lap with her thin bony hands, looked attentively into Prince Vasili's eyes evidently resolved not to be the first to break silence, if she had to wait till morning.

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  • She swallowed her other questions and twisted her hands in her lap, distraught.

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  • I'm thinking Daisy Duke outfit, and that song for my Christmas lap dance.

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  • With crochet needles in her lap, Mums eyed Carmen over the rim of her reading glasses.

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  • One moment Dorothy sat beside them with the kitten in her lap, and a moment later the horse, the piglets, the Wizard and the boy were all that remained in the underground prison.

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  • She glanced at Yancey, who was giving the forward in the magazine on his lap undue attention.

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  • She reached for her lap top computer on the coffee table and fired it up.

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  • The next morning she brought him a larger tablet and a padded lap desk.

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  • His attention returning to the lap desk, he picked up the pencil as if ready to write something - and then put it down.

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  • She licked his cheek then put her head in his lap again.

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  • Daniela folded her hands in her lap, her irritation at him replaced by interest.

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  • He dropped a leather jumper similar to his on her lap and then returned to his cutting.

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  • The guy exud­ed confidence to the point where Dean felt as if he had just dropped a plateful of mashed potatoes in his lap while this tall, dark stranger was toasting the queen.

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  • She perched on the edge of one table, fidgeting hands in her lap and bright features alert as she focused on some point on the screen.

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  • She pushed the little dog off her lap and smoothed her dress.

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  • She folded her hands in her lap and stared at them.

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