He leaves notes and memos lying around.

Then he spied a folded note lying on the pillow.

I thought there seemed to be too many notes lying around.

There was a scrawled note lying in the empty drawer.

There was a folded note lying on the floor by the front door.

He flopped down in his office chair, and for the first time his eyes caught the note lying on top of his desk.

The bed was made and I noticed a large handwritten note lying upon the pillow.

So - Charley saw the note lying on the cave floor.

She reached under the note lying in her lap: "I have the bikhl, if that's what you're searching for."

He saw the note lying there and hadn't bothered to open it.