Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] bed " in BNC.
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| 1 | They returned to the front room and , after a light tea of eggs and toast , Willie changed for bed and positioned himself by the armchair , next to Tom . |
| 2 | On a bubble of elation , full of dreams for the future , Lisa switched off the gas fire and headed for bed . |
| 3 | We called at the cottage at night , and found he was very ill , and it was not till the factor assured him he was joking , and that he had swallowed none other than the best of whiskey , that he rose from bed , and Donald was himself again . |
| 4 | So I stopped in bed now I , I 'm better , well |
| 5 | WORLD champion boxer Chris Eubank fought off Big Breakfast show presenter Paula Yates , above , when she tried to bed him for an interview on screen yesterday . |
| 6 | It was all very different from his life of the past year , when Sunday began at about noon in a room that smelled of bed , crawled sluggishly through an afternoon of too many newspapers , and , in final desperation , sought escape at a film or some theatre club . |
| 7 | A sense of relief swept her , and later , as she prepared for bed , she told herself she was becoming too tense about this man . |
| 8 | Exhausted , the young women did not talk much as they prepared for bed . |
| 9 | But maybe she 'd jumped to conclusions , she thought uneasily as she prepared for bed ; maybe it had n't been anything like that at all . |
| 10 | She prepared for bed in haste , then got into bed without turning off the bedside lamp , willing the friendly glow to hold off the dreams which came with the night . |
| 11 | Leonora felt horribly depressed as she prepared for bed . |
| 12 | The women were told it would soon be mended , but by the time it came for bed it still was n't repaired , although probably all it needed was a new fuse . |
| 13 | So we did n't get very much ti time off and by the time we got back to our rooms at night we were so terribly tired you just dropped into bed . |
| 14 | Undressing quickly , he cleaned his teeth and flopped into bed . |
| 15 | Jessamy slowly dried herself , pulled on a nightdress and flopped into bed . |
| 16 | On the other hand , Matthew always knew what time J. came to bed at nights . |
| 17 | But just as she was burying her head beneath the blanket in utter dejection Ella came to bed , and she passed on the most extraordinary piece of news . |
| 18 | She only awoke when George came to bed , bringing the baby for his last feed of the day . |
| 19 | That had been an awful tea they 'd had at five o'clock ; two slices of bread and fat , a slab of hard cake and a bowl of milk ; then nothing else , only a drink of water , if they wanted one , before they came to bed , and it only half-past seven . |
| 20 | When he came to bed , they clung to each other , cold and clean and silent , feeling that even these small movements were overheard . |
| 21 | When he came to bed , hours later it seemed , she was wide awake . |
| 22 | I was a bit drunk when I came to bed . ’ |
| 23 | You do not even disapprove , very much , of the way I came to bed with you . |
| 24 | He climbed into bed and lay on his side , not moving and scarcely breathing . |
| 25 | There was a glum silence for a moment or two then Frau Nordern climbed into bed . |
| 26 | Frankie climbed into bed , curled himself into a tight ball and pulled the covers up over his head . |
| 27 | Charsky raised himself on an elbow and picked up the mug of coffee , while Anna slipped off her dressing gown and climbed into bed . |
| 28 | She climbed into bed . |
| 29 | As he climbed into bed he added , ‘ Anyroad , time 'll tell . |
| 30 | I felt exhausted when I climbed into bed and I fell into a deep sleep from which I awoke next morning refreshed and happier . |