Example sentences of "bed for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ She lay on her bed for hours leading righteous riots of millhands against languid tophatted fops or hardfaced bowlerhatted men of iron and steel . |
| 2 | Last year he took home something in the region of $60 million : this year he will have to find room under the bed for 65 . |
| 3 | That night I lie awake in bed for hours , thinking about this . |
| 4 | We decided to go to bed for the night . |
| 5 | Having got back to bed for a few hours , at 0800 Captain Moore arrives at his office in the RMP Headquarters , which is housed in the 1936 Olympic Stadium Barracks , and by mid-morning is feeling a bit smug about the noticeable dent in the paperwork on his desk . |
| 6 | Then it 's time to slide into bed for a few hours ' sleep , to be woken once again for a patrol that will signal the start of a new day . |
| 7 | Maria has lived paralysed in this bed for thirty years . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought that you would like a coffee in bed for a change . |
| 9 | Touched by her husband 's bringing her coffee Frau Nordern was in a good humour , dismissing her own worries about the accident as mere alarmism stoked by Bodo , and tempering her authoritarian ways by letting Paul stay in bed for an extra fifteen minutes instead of , as usual , rousing him in the manner of a sergeant in charge of a penal battalion . |
| 10 | On one occasion when Tolkien tore a ligament playing squash , and was told that he would be confined to his bed for ten weeks , Lewis went to see him — but , as Warnie recorded , he ‘ found Madame [ i.e. Tolkien 's wife ] there , so could not have much conversation with him ’ . |
| 11 | Charles could see at first-hand the tension that was building up in the vast depressing wastelands of the inner cities , where young people had no work , no ambition , no feeling of belonging , no pride in their surroundings — nothing , in fact , to get out of bed for in the mornings . |
| 12 | What do I say when I visit an old Cockney lady with a fractured leg who has been sent home because the orthopaedic surgeons need her bed for the daily influx of trauma , but who ca n't stand unaided and who lives alone ? |
| 13 | But a thump at the door made her scramble back up on to the bed for safety . |
| 14 | At one time in his life , he did n't sleep in a bed for four whole years . |
| 15 | She could call the police — call Inspector Hollis — make a fool of herself , level hysterical accusations , have a breakdown , go to bed for weeks , miss Christmas . |
| 16 | Twin rooms which will also take an extra put-you-up bed for a child under 11 only . |
| 17 | Many twin rooms will take an extra put-you-up bed for a child under 11 . |
| 18 | Twin rooms with terrace will take an extra put-you-up bed for a child under 11 . |
| 19 | Twin and three-bedded rooms will take an extra put-you-up bed for a child under 11 . |
| 20 | Larger studio for two adults ( 2 sofa beds ) with an extra bed for a child under 11 available . |
| 21 | One-bedroomed apartments for three with convertible sofa in the lounge plus an extra bed for a child under 11 available . |
| 22 | Both apartment types can take an extra bed for a child under 11 . |
| 23 | Rooms will take an extra put-you-up bed for a child under 11 . |
| 24 | They were ragged and cowed , but they had been given a bed for the night and an enforced bath . |
| 25 | Beside it is a small round table on which can be seen a photograph of my wife and me with our three elder children ; then there is an armchair also with a long seat and a dark-blue dog bed for our two spaniels beside another table with books and magazines . |
| 26 | None of this , however , could obscure the triumph of the Prince 's baptism at Notre Dame on 14 June 1856 , a long delay having been necessary because the Empress had been so weak after the birth that she was unable to leave her bed for months . |
| 27 | Studies of people kept in bed for long periods show a redistribution of calcium in the skeleton . |
| 28 | She sits up in bed for a moment , doing some complicated breathing and flexing of the abdominal muscles , learned in yoga classes , to calm herself . |
| 29 | My visit in February ( a report is forthcoming ) showed me that Northern Spain is at an excellent stage of development to be used as a test bed for software . |
| 30 | You may have a bed for the night in return for an honest evening 's work , for help with cooking and cleaning and what must be prepared in my simple home . ’ |