Example sentences of "go to bed [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social activities Provided that they do not stop you going to bed at the proper time , social activities are a very good way of adjusting to the new time zone , particularly if they enable you to spend time out-of-doors in natural daylight at the times recommended in Table 11.2 . |
| 2 | All that idleness ; eating too much ; drinking too much ; going to bed in the early hours of the morning . |
| 3 | Unlike plants and animals we do not have to go to bed with the sun or to get up at each high tide ; our man-made environment is based on a 24-hour solar day of course , but it need not be timed to coincide with sunrise or sunset . |
| 4 | We decided to go to bed for the night . |
| 5 | ( Suddenly telling a child to go to bed in the middle of an exciting TV programme is asking for trouble . |
| 6 | Next day — Sunday , was very hot and everyone went to bed with the windows wide open . |
| 7 | I put the pressure-cooker back and went to bed on the sofa . |
| 8 | ‘ I wish we went to bed at the same time . |
| 9 | And for some time after that they went to bed at the same time and Ellen gave up both Jed and the Director of Social Services ; and when both threatened , in grief , spite and unreason , to report her infidelity to Bernard , said , ‘ Tell away ! ’ and neither of them did , which rather disappointed her . |
| 10 | One went to bed at the house … and awoke to find himself first being strangled , then taken to a bath . |
| 11 | Last Friday Geraldine and Alan went to bed after the Golden Girls . |
| 12 | I left Bella a note , came back here and went to bed in the spare room . |
| 13 | He said Oliver was extremely embarrassed , as well he might have been , because he was buying flowers to make his peace with a girl he 'd gone to bed with the night before and been impotent with . |
| 14 | James had gone to bed by the time he arrived , but the travel-stained messenger was admitted and graciously allowed to convey the news . |
| 15 | She had gone to bed by the time Bridget returned from her trip to the theatre the night before . |
| 16 | She promised herself that she could continue sobbing later on , after she had gone to bed in the billiard room . |
| 17 | She knew that Sue worked as a nurse four nights a week , going on duty some time after the children had gone to bed in the evening , and returning at seven in the morning . |
| 18 | Warning the child that he or she will go to bed at the end of the programme is much more likely to produce a successful outcome . ) |
| 19 | Even though we were always moving around , we 'd always be on the same tip ; we 'd go to bed at the same time and my mom would carry cooking pots into hotels and cook — stink out the whole place with curry . |
| 20 | You could , for example , frighten a child into conformity with your wishes by saying that erm , you know , if , if the child does n't go to bed at the right time , the bogie man will come and eat them up , or something . |
| 21 | At the flat there were drinks parties and little dinners every week , which irritated me , as I had to wait for everyone to finish filling the air with their thoughts on the latest novel before I could go to bed on the sofa . |
| 22 | Then the man would go to bed for the day , and Boy would stay up , dozing but mostly watching the television . |
| 23 | ‘ I shall probably go to bed for the afternoon , and think of you lot working . ’ |
| 24 | Similarly , the Welsh " Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark " allows a generous amount of time asleep , and is more concerned with its timing . |
| 25 | I never go to bed with the people I love . |
| 26 | Figure 3.1 shows that if we go to bed at the ‘ normal ’ time we sleep about eight hours , a result that most of us would accept as part of our daily experience . |