Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] to bed " in BNC.

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1 They 'd all gone to bed the night before when I 'd returned from a last noggin with Harry .
2 Not in front of the children but later , when they had all gone to bed and to sleep .
3 Dolly , Tom and Carrie had all gone to bed , but Seb 's knocking brought Tom to the bedroom window complaining about being disturbed at such a late hour .
4 And I listen at the wall for sounds from Jancey , but it 's as quiet as a pillow , and she 's obviously gone to bed .
5 She closed the living-room door before answering , even though Dickie had long gone to bed .
6 He had not retired to bed sober , but then he rarely , if ever , did .
7 Assistant Chief Constable David Mellor , aged 52 , who is shortly to take up a post as deputy chief constable of South Wales , had just gone to bed when a device planted below the window of a living room exploded at 1.20am .
8 It was 1.30 that Sunday night , I 'd just gone to bed feeling rather worn out after a busy week and sociable weekend .
9 He and his wife had just gone to bed .
10 On another occasion , Mr Reynolds had just gone to bed when he had the feeling that there was a fire on the site .
11 Late that night , after the children have finally gone to bed , Felicity finds him lying full-length on the playroom floor once again , still absorbed .
12 Ludo has not gone to bed .
13 My mother had already gone to bed .
14 She managed to control herself and fortunately Dr Neil was as quiet as she was , and when they reached Vetch Street Matey had already gone to bed .
15 Are you really totally confined to bed , Faye ?
16 As time went on , Finch found himself more and more attached to bed .
17 One of the problems that we 've suffered from in the past was some level of inconsistency which we 've now put to bed .
18 His wife and daughters had long since gone to bed .
19 The Airds had long since gone to bed .
20 No. 9 had long since gone to bed , so I crept up the stairs as quietly as I could .
21 I 'd forgone breakfast because I had n't got to bed till four in the morning , lunch because I had a hangover and anyway I was late for the train , and due to the fact that it was — according to British Rail at any rate — still part of the extended Festive Period , there had been no buffet trolley on the train .
22 Even though she had n't got to bed till the small hours , and had been feeling totally exhausted , she 'd been tossing and turning for what seemed like hours , utterly unable to sleep .
23 The Totteridges asserted that they had read till eleven on Friday and then gone to bed .
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