Example sentences of "[verb] up in bed " in BNC.
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| 1 | Constance jerked up in bed clutching her throat in terror . |
| 2 | The full impact of it seemed to come from the roof , and was so strong that she jerked up in bed . |
| 3 | Being with a prostitute is different from meeting a girl at a party and ending up in bed together , although there 's no difference in the mechanics of the sex . |
| 4 | She had sat up in bed , panicked by the nightmare , weeping . |
| 5 | She woke up in bed with a man with a red beard , but from the snide remarks and sideways looks of those fellow guests who were still there in the morning gathered that he had not been her only partner of the night . |
| 6 | He had me drugged and I … well , I woke up in bed with one of the girls . |
| 7 | I woke up in bed the next morning with a strange feeling that something was wrong … |
| 8 | For many couples , this type of row out of bed , often made up in bed , does some useful repairing . |
| 9 | Would I perhaps welcome the security of a helicopter , or welcome the security of waking up in bed to find that it was all a dream and I had n't actually gone hill-walking at all because I had a date with Gerard Depardieu ? |
| 10 | they come home they 've got ta snuggle up in bed with a book |
| 11 | The night-time , the time after she had been tucked up in bed , that was the proper time for Fenna , for flying and dreams . |
| 12 | ‘ But I was tucked up in bed early — not difficult in Dresden you know , they do n't have West German television down there — oh ! |
| 13 | ‘ But really , I ought to be tucked up in bed now . |
| 14 | This must be why his collection is , despite the inclusion of some beautiful and thrilling descriptive writing , less readable than those predecessors for which one reaches when tucked up in bed on a stormy night . |
| 15 | She was still tucked up in bed and this was simply some horrible nightmare . |
| 16 | At about midnight when all the children were tucked up in bed we visited the Grotto . |
| 17 | That evening , when Rachel was tucked up in bed sleeping , the moment came when Fred could contain his suspicions no longer , as Carrie had expected . |
| 18 | Was I you , I 'd stay tucked up in bed . |
| 19 | But it was easier to believe in the impossible when you were tucked up in bed and half-asleep , than when you were walking the wet , comfortless streets , and the bloke you loved was on a bus going in the opposite direction , staring hopelessly out of the window , and wondering how on earth he was ever going to marry you , with no savings and going into the Army next week and a widowed mother who imagined herself an invalid and hated you for taking away her son . |
| 20 | The faint sound of his cello , as I lay tucked up in bed , is woven into my childhood memories . |
| 21 | Getting away from you while you were safely tucked up in bed ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We stayed tucked up in bed in that nice little hotel across the road . ’ |
| 23 | After this bad day , anyone not tucked up in bed is making them suspicious . |
| 24 | Every instant of her time from when she got back from work till it was time for Emily to be tucked up in bed was devoted exclusively to her precious little daughter . |
| 25 | Sleepy and satisfied , Emily was only too willing to be tucked up in bed , just after nine o'clock . |
| 26 | When the sane members of your family are tucked up in bed and arcade games are too much for your shattered nerves a game of Patience will help you relax . |
| 27 | Next day John is tucked up in bed at his flat in Tufnell Park . |
| 28 | But when you know that she 's safely tucked up in bed , you come out with a towel around you . |
| 29 | He swills it down at times ; of course , on the quiet , after Great-gran 's safely tucked up in bed . |
| 30 | Five minutes later she was tucked up in bed , sleeping happily once again , while Jake had retreated to his little ante-room . |