| 1. | But it was quite a natural suggestion for a layman to make.. - from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie |
| 2. | a layman Thou wouldest be a treadefowl arigh. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 3. | Until of mature age he lived as a layman and had never learned any poetry. - from English Literature by William J. Long |