Example sentences of "bed [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others are correlated with the Sherwood Sandstone and with salt beds that occur in the Mercia Mudstone . |
| 2 | She said how glad she was they had somewhere nice to stay and that she hoped they were being good and making their beds and helping with the washing up and remembering to clean their teeth . |
| 3 | It 's also your responsibility to strip beds and arrange for the disposal of inflammable or explosive materials . |
| 4 | The children can also become antagonistic towards the parents and refuse to get out of bed or to go to the lavatory . |
| 5 | He slept a lot of the time , either in bed or sprawled in the most comfortable chair in the kitchen and snoring loudly with his mouth open . |
| 6 | There are several methods you can use and of course you must find the one which suits you best but , as a starting-point , here is a simple and effective one : Lie on your bed or sit in a chair with a back which is high enough to support your neck and head . |
| 7 | After all as I tramped around the hillside barns in the frosty air I was working up a better appetite for my turkey than all the millions lying in bed or slumped by the fire ; and this was aided by the innumerable aperitifs I received from the hospitable farmers . |
| 8 | Even now I 'm struggling to stop myself going for a jaunt around the room though I know this will inevitably lead to me lying on my bed or sitting on the floor in a mesmerised , trancelike way and staring into nothingness as if stoned . |
| 9 | If Marcus was sitting on his bed or walking about the room or looking out of the window , Ludens would sit near him either on a chair or else on the floor his knees up , his back against the wall . |
| 10 | It was the kind of bed that made into a table and bench-seats during the day and you just took the table off its legs and fitted it into some slots for night-time . |
| 11 | Interlinking raised beds , each built to a different height , look interesting , and a raised bed that runs along the side of a path will give a strong design line — if the wall curves round with the path , the effect will be even more striking . |
| 12 | It was a big room with a high , moulded ceiling and a draped bed that stood in the middle of it like a throne . |
| 13 | He jerked out drawers and scattered their contents on the floor , dragged all her clothes from the wardrobe , threw out her shoes , then pulled Ruth herself from the bed and ripped off the sheets . |
| 14 | And then , later still , after the boats had gone , the dead would rise from the ocean bed and walk on the water . |
| 15 | Jenna slept badly , waking with a throbbing pain in her head , and it took a great effort to swing both her feet from the bed and sit on the edge . |
| 16 | I lie in my bed and stare at the cracked plaster in the ceiling , the smudges of handprints ( how in the hell did they get there ? ) , and I wonder why I am so afraid . |
| 17 | She sighed and , pushing aside the canopy curtains , got out of the bed and shrugged on a green muslin bathrobe . |
| 18 | It is much better to get out of bed and return after a short period when you feel more tired . |
| 19 | I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in . |
| 20 | When Mrs Lennox had gone Maggie got out of bed and dressed in the clothes Susan had left out for her . |
| 21 | Hari sat up in bed and stared through the window to where the light from the street lamp paled into insignificance against the rising sun . |
| 22 | He showered again to get rid of the tell-tale smell , then lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling , quite immobile , thinking . |
| 23 | Cowley walked to the bed and stared at the silent man . |
| 24 | Bodie stood by Doyle 's bed and stared at the pale face of his friend , the eyes closed but moving restlessly beneath the lids . |
| 25 | Evelyn lay on her bed and stared at the ceiling . |
| 26 | Marion sat on the bed and stared at the wallpaper ( roses — so pretty — she had chosen it herself ) without seeing it . |
| 27 | He threw himself down on the huge old bed and stared at the sloping timber ceiling . |
| 28 | She went home — alone — and sat in darkness staring at the blank face of the television until eleven , and then she went to bed and stared at the ceiling instead . |
| 29 | She sat on the bed and chewed at a thumb-nail . |
| 30 | She went indoors to her room , lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling until a nurse brought lunch . |