Example sentences of "she [vb past] to sleep " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he would n't fuck her , so she went to sleep . |
| 2 | She passed him the tin and the spoon , and lay on the floor looking at the gas fire , and then she went to sleep . |
| 3 | She went to sleep , and woke to growl , ‘ Me least , ’ and he put a bath towel round her and tried to carry her into his bed-sitting room , but he was too frail to do it and she had to wake up again to walk by herself . |
| 4 | She went to sleep for a respite , and when she woke up Stephen was in drafty self-possession . |
| 5 | She got up later than he did because she went to sleep later , tossing and sometimes weeping , and in the end usually fumbling her way downstairs to get herself a drink . |
| 6 | She went to sleep with a smile on her face , pushing the thought of Candace right out of her mind . |
| 7 | Sometimes she went to sleep in class because she got up so early to get everything done . |
| 8 | She worked out sums on her way to school and in the bath and before she went to sleep . |
| 9 | She went to sleep , she was so heavy that he thought he could barely carry her another step but he got her home and set her down in the warmth of the kitchen . |
| 10 | She said she was hungry ; he fed her with cornflakes and afterwards she went to sleep , her fat cheek squashed against his waistcoat button , her pink mouth dribbling milk . |
| 11 | She lay , half asleep , listening to the blustering wind outside her shutters , and then , satisfied by the sound of steps somewhere outside , and the decisive snap as someone shut and latched the loose door , she went to sleep again . |
| 12 | She went to sleep , smiling . |
| 13 | Afterwards , when he drew her close , she went to sleep almost before she 'd had time to savour the pleasure of lying in his arms . |
| 14 | Finally , having tossed and turned forever , she went to sleep . |
| 15 | It occurred to her , just before she went to sleep , that she disliked Miss Sandra Bamfield as much as she had ever disliked anyone … except maybe Tommy Bellinger . |
| 16 | But erm after I 'd choked for half an hour she went to sleep I eventually went back to sleep again and |
| 17 | And then she went to sleep again until ten , on our bed . |
| 18 | I made her a cup of coffee , she went to sleep . |