Example sentences of "lie [prep] bed " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I remember I 'd lie in bed at night crying . |
| 2 | Having been told to strip off her clothes , even her shift , without looking at her body , and don a long , unbleached , calico nightdress , she was then told how she must lie in bed , straight down , her hands by her sides . |
| 3 | Sunday he can lie in bed till twelve , get up , get dressed and go for a drink , but my job never changes . |
| 4 | When she was a girl , she could lie in bed and hear her mother and father talking in the next room . |
| 5 | Perhaps he thought I could n't lie in bed with my clothes on . |
| 6 | You will lie in bed , dutiful parents that you are , discussing the fact that he still does his 3s and 5s back to front and wondering whether to arrange extra coaching . |
| 7 | She could lie in bed at night and in imagination move confidently around the cottage touching them in a happy exploration of shared memories and reassurance . |
| 8 | All I can do is lie in bed , listening to the howling wind and staring at the grey northern sky . |
| 9 | Ellen would lie in bed at night watching the objects on the mantelpiece in the glow from the street light , hoping they would move again : that something from another world would intervene , give her a clue as to the nature of her existence . |
| 10 | You Dublin geezers are so bent , you ca n't even lie in bed straight ! ’ |
| 11 | I tell myself that I will let myself lie in bed for another five minutes though I stipulate that I am not allowed to go back to sleep and that I have to count out the five-minutes in my head . |
| 12 | No , because I thought wicked you know , I 've for Monday I get to bloody fucking lie in bed and then like I have to go to flipping school and bloody give it back . |
| 13 | Nowhere in particular I just want it to be the weekend so I can lie in bed . |