Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] bed " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neil says he does n't like the swimming and the lakes have been cold while Derek says they 've been through the pain barrier and have had to spend up to ten hours a day in the saddle but they 've had a good back up team … he also jokes that there has n't been a day when he would n't have rather stopped in bed |
| 2 | But I could have them send up a tray if you 'd rather stay in bed . ’ |
| 3 | After the horse was bedded down it was time for Sirrell to celebrate properly , and most of Nantgaredig turned up to assist : he eventually got to bed at 3 a.m . |
| 4 | And , with his words ringing in her ears , she fled up the stairs , not relaxing until she was warmly cocooned in bed , with only her thoughts for company . |
| 5 | By March he was out again , and back at his office in Faber and Faber , although he was prudent enough to retire to bed early in the evening : with a complaint which had no organic cause , he could not be certain that he had been cured " . |
| 6 | Aye , you 'd better jump in bed with him , |
| 7 | What I need , thought Grunte , telephoning room service for ‘ a proper English Breakfast ’ and a newspaper ‘ small enough to read in bed ’ , is a bit of nooky . |
| 8 | Turned on the radio to listen to a play , but it was stupid , so went to bed . |
| 9 | In 1915 and ‘ 16 he had proved he had n't lost his old touch , and so died in bed at a great age , garnished with colourful honours , many of them from grateful countries whose soldiers he had n't got killed even on purpose . |
| 10 | They 'd all gone to bed the night before when I 'd returned from a last noggin with Harry . |
| 11 | Not in front of the children but later , when they had all gone to bed and to sleep . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'd better go to bed , ’ she said . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'd better go to bed . ’ |
| 15 | Debt has been proverbially frowned on : ‘ He that borrows must pay again with shame or loss ’ ; ‘ He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing ’ ; ‘ Out of debt , out of danger ’ ; ‘ Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt ’ ; ‘ Let him that sleeps too sound borrow the debtor 's pillow ’ ; and , but only grudgingly , ‘ Debt is better than death ’ . |
| 16 | She was not very good at smiling these days , and the unease disseminated by her unconvincing efforts led Eddie Duckworth to mutter to her in a corner , with a mixture of sharpness and sorrow , that perhaps she 'd better go to bed . |
| 17 | ‘ David , I think we 'd better go to bed . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I think we 'd better go to bed , ’ Harold said , shuffling impatiently . |
| 19 | ‘ You 'd better go to bed , ’ he said curtly . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd better go to bed , ’ said Leonora hastily , moving further away , but he held up his hand . |
| 21 | I think you 'd better go to bed . |
| 22 | I say , the reason I think I had bad dreams , recently , in the last sort of three nights , is because they 're the three nights I went swimming early , so I thought I better go to bed early . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She closed the living-room door before answering , even though Dickie had long gone to bed . |
| 25 | And we 'd all go to bed . |
| 26 | [ PAMELA and Mrs. JERVIS are alone together in private , perhaps preparing for bed ] |
| 27 | And if all that was n't reason enough to stay in bed in the morning , it proceeded to snow on our parade : Esquire 's opening festivities were blanketed by the worst storm to hit London since 1963 . |
| 28 | ‘ You 'd better get into bed . ’ |
| 29 | Come on , you 'd better get to bed if you 're going to take us to England tomorrow . |
| 30 | ‘ So come to bed . ’ |