Example sentences of "under the covers " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the smithy house at Dull , Jean Bruce hail lain silently under the covers until her four little sisters and brothers had stopped fidgeting in the oppressive atmosphere and her parents had started to snore . |
| 2 | He made himself wake finally and lay under the covers feeling weak and hot , as though he had been spending energy incessantly all night . |
| 3 | Whooooah , Said Steve and dived under the covers . |
| 4 | Play resumed just after four o'clock , the pitch having been sweating under the covers in the meantime , and the light decidedly dingy . |
| 5 | ‘ Nobody 's leaving nobody , ’ said Gloria from under the covers . |
| 6 | Darting to the mantelpiece , he retrieved the note and the feather and dived back again under the covers , before the cold could ambush him . |
| 7 | He decided to get back between the covers , or under the covers . |
| 8 | Isa Blagden , arriving one day to look over the Casa Guidi , called on Wilson and found her lying in a dark room , huddled under the covers of her bed , the Bible in her hand and tears streaming down her face . |
| 9 | On retiring to bed Vic 's last action is normally to detach a book from Marjorie 's nerveless fingers , tuck her arms under the covers and turn out her bedside lamp , but he must have neglected the first of these chores last night , or perhaps Enjoy Your Menopause was concealed under the coverlet . |
| 10 | In England , that kind of patriotism is something you do with other consenting adults under the covers with the lights out , and usually comes with various unpleasant side-effects such as xenophobia , anti-Semitism , Anglo-Catholicism and so on . |
| 11 | The cat , delighted that its ordeal was over , burrowed under the covers like a furry hot-water bottle , and although Mildred had only meant to sit and get warm , within a few minutes her eyelids began to droop , and before long she was fast asleep — so fast asleep that she did not hear the door opening very quietly . |
| 12 | I have n't slept for weeks , you should see the bags under my eyes — Deardrie , should we get separate beds , or should I get a tape recorder under the covers so he can hear the racket he makes ? |
| 13 | The next job is to position the internal electrical appliances , with one Fluval in each corner , the Spray-bar fitted to the Fluval 3 and positioned at the top back of the aquarium , just under the covers . |
| 14 | Every time I heard the wind rustling in the bushes or rattling the slates I 'd duck down under the covers , thinking of hooded ghosts stomping through the garden — or through the wall . |
| 15 | The next day I could not resist a peep under the covers , and saw a brief movement among the mops . |
| 16 | The second , Intel version , was demonstrated at PC Expo in New York , but will remain under the covers — at least as far as users are concerned — until the end of the the year at the very earliest . |
| 17 | Ruth got into bed and sat there , knees drawn up under the covers . |
| 18 | It was a little husband who 'd been sleeping under the covers . ’ |
| 19 | " Now , you just jump back under the covers , and I 'll sit myself here . |
| 20 | Then we 'll skinny down under the covers . |
| 21 | Well , it was late — the simplest answer would be to drop the book on the floor , throw off his T-shirt and his jeans , and crawl under the covers and go to sleep . |
| 22 | ‘ I used to hide under the covers of my bed at night , imagining there were dragons out there ; in the room when the light was out , when there was nobody else there . |
| 23 | I 'd hunch down under the covers with just an air-hole to breath through , and shelter there . |
| 24 | ‘ But then one night , under the covers — I was just getting older , I guess , but anyway — I was sort of reviewing the day , and I was thinking about school , and what we 'd learned , and we 'd been doing the Second World War , and I had n't liked the sound of this Hitler guy at all ; and I 'd asked dad , just to double-check , and — ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Anyway , that night they put a night-light in my room , in case I had nightmares , but the shadows were even worse than the darkness , and so I just lay there , under the covers , quivering with fear thanks to these damn dragons , and I wished Ken was back from University because sometimes I was allowed to sleep in his room , and I wished I was allowed a torch in my room , but I was n't , and I was wondering about crying really loudly , because that would bring mum and dad in to see me , but then what did I say was wrong ? |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd lie under the covers and make the noise he makes when he 's breathing , and then I 'd stop , but sometimes it would go on after I 'd stopped ! ’ |
| 27 | She 'd finally drifted off to sleep at about two , woken an hour later feeling cold and slipped under the covers , resting fitfully until room service brought her breakfast at eight . |
| 28 | Antoinette 's legs and feet twitched under the covers , would suddenly throw themselves from side to side . |
| 29 | She stripped her body naked and got under the covers . |
| 30 | Like amber , the snake , soft still and quiescent ; the thought of her , then , the sight of her under the covers , had not yet woken it . |