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Example sentences of "down [prep] the bed " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ Oh , be quiet , do , you stupid dog ! ’ scolded the housekeeper , slapping the animal smartly on his nose so that he leapt back down off the bed on to which he had just jumped .
2	Pull the ends of the yarn down between the beds and continue knitting .
3	When knitting your samples did you notice that although the back bed was making the pattern , the design actually shows on the work facing you as it comes down between the beds ?
4	The body has slipped slightly down into the bed , rucking the shroud at the waist and behind the right shoulder .
5	I reach forward , the knife in one hand , the other glove touching then gathering and balling a fistful of duvet and then pulling it sharply , throwing it away behind me as I leap forward , seeing her pale nakedness in the same instant as I slap my hand over her mouth ; her eyes open wide and she starts trying to push up ; I force her back down into the bed , hand still over her mouth .
6	The child looked up at him , smiled at him , then settled down into the bed .
7	The harder he worked at it , the less success he seemed to be having ; his pain and frustration were combining to make him angry , and he flung the bottle down onto the bed .
8	John gets down under the bed , awkwardly pulling himself forward with his elbows .
9	Drop nylon cord over the stitches and hold ends of cord down under the beds while you knit a few rows .
10	I turned away from the window and sank down upon the bed .
11	Reluctantly , Dot slid down from the bed while Loopy Lil beamed kindly , eyes swivelling in all directions and tried to help wash Dot 's face at the wash-stand and brush her hair .
12	She slid joyfully down from the bed and hopped across the cold carpet to the window .
13	He was unfastening the waist of his trousers now , having kicked shoes and socks under a chair , and in helpless fury she bent down to snatch the damp towel from the floor , wrenching it round herself and jumping down from the bed , glaring at him so ferociously that he suddenly burst out laughing .
14	‘ Yes , your turn , your turn , ’ chorused the other two shrilly , bobbing up and down in the bed .
15	Weak , sensitive back ; slides down in the bed .
16	She pushed herself down in the bed , as if trying to escape accusing glances .
17	Replacing the glass with care , she slid back down in the bed and deliberately conjured up the scene in the Seren at the moment the engine cut out and she was about to capsize .
18	She sat down on the bed .
19	‘ She looked at her step-mother but uttered not a single word ; she simply picked up our big drap-de-dames green shawl ( it 's a shawl we all use , a drap-de-dames one ) , and covered her head and face entirely with it ad lay down on the bed with her face to the wall , ad her little shoulders and her whole body were trembling . '
20	He sat down on the bed and let his arms sag .
21	Then we undressed each other , lay down on the bed , and made our first , fully reciprocal , passionate love .
22	He lay down on the bed , with my mother beside him , and he died in her arms , saying : ‘ You 've been a good wife to me , Mary . ’
23	SHe sat down on the bed .
24	He sat back down on the bed .
25	She would go to her room and take off her skirt and blouse and lie down on the bed .
26	Later , Gilly ripped out a sheet of paper through the rings of her notebook , lay down on the bed , and pressing on her maths book wrote :
27	Back in his small room , Sandison lay down on the bed and slept for about an hour and a half .
28	I tried to sit down on the bed and wait .
29	She then took me , gently as ever , into my bedroom , sat down on the bed alongside me , and stroked me , caressed me , so lovingly .
30	If you should faint , when you recover consciousness , do not attempt to do anything other than call your doctor or a neighbour and lay down on the bed .