Example sentences of "of the bed and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard sat on the side of the bed and looked at the floor . |
| 2 | Graham sat on the edge of the bed and looked up at Laidlaw . |
| 3 | He leaned forward from where he sat on the side of the bed and kissed her gently . |
| 4 | He walked to the side of the bed and kissed his father 's white face . |
| 5 | Jahsaxa sat on the edge of the bed and brushed Zambia 's hair back from hir face . |
| 6 | He swung his legs out of the bed and realised with a shock what day it was . |
| 7 | She sighed and , pushing aside the canopy curtains , got out of the bed and shrugged on a green muslin bathrobe . |
| 8 | Got dressed ( glanced out of the window — hot again ) , made up ( Gothic again ) , sat on the edge of the bed and took out my envelope of dreams and scribbled down last night 's dream . |
| 9 | He shrugged , then sat down on the edge of the bed and took her hand . |
| 10 | Gently , deftly , as if he now knew exactly what to do , Marcus turned Pat on to his back , pulling him slightly toward the centre of the bed and laying his arms out straight beside his body . |
| 11 | She stood at the bottom of the bed and reached out her hands to catch his and pull them forward . |
| 12 | I took it out of the bed and stared at it , then I put it on the table beside my bed and put out the lights . |
| 13 | He sat on the edge of the bed and stared up at me . |
| 14 | You leave the gas bottle on the floor at the foot of the bed and walk quickly away along the shorter length of corridor and step through the emergency exit out into the loud darkness of the night . |
| 15 | She watched Aggie ease it off her flesh , then take a nightdress from a drawer and pull it over her head , and lastly , sit on the side of the bed and draw off her stockings . |
| 16 | When the child shrank back against the edge of the bed and made no attempt to climb up on to the mattress , Aggie put a hand to her head before muttering , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 17 | Fearon swung his legs to the floor , put his hands on the edge of the bed and grimaced up at her . |
| 18 | He gripped the sides of the bed and struggled to clear his mind again , to push out every memory , even the sharp , physical memory of the running . |
| 19 | She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and went over to the window to look down at the courtyard . |
| 20 | He sat on the edge of the bed and began to recite all he knew as if memorising some poem : ‘ Buckingham dies , the agents die , garrotted to death . ’ |
| 21 | She flung herself on the end of the bed and began to bring him further up to date . |
| 22 | He takes the mugs to the side of the bed and sits by the feet of his lover . |
| 23 | I sat on the edge of the bed and wrote him a letter in my mind : |
| 24 | She sat up very straight on the side of the bed and continued to address him as if he were sitting on a mat in the Top Infants , wrestling with difficult , dangerous new concepts like add-ups and take-aways and the precise whereabouts of Australia . |
| 25 | I sat on the edge of the bed and felt the earth rolling . |
| 26 | He sat on the edge of the bed and felt for his slippers . |
| 27 | ‘ You know , my dear , ’ Mrs Hollidaye said , sitting on the edge of the bed and taking Dot 's hand . |
| 28 | He sat down on the edge of the bed and drank the mineral water , very slowly . |
| 29 | ‘ Wow , ’ said Lydia , heaving herself to the other side of the bed and plumping up her pillow . |
| 30 | He was hanging his head over the edge of the bed and wondering what to do next when a spring burst in the mattress . |