Example sentences of "bed for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to lie in bed for a long time before falling asleep . |
| 2 | She lay ill in bed for a long time . |
| 3 | They moved from the rug to the king-size bed for a second demonstration , after which they lay entwined . |
| 4 | It had been a long day for our guests , as they had left La Loupe at 1Opm on the Friday evening , so it was home to bed for a good night 's sleep , ready for a full day exploring on the Sunday . |
| 5 | I was in bed for a straight seven days . |
| 6 | For home treatments , the physiotherapist may carry a folding board to place over the patient 's bed for a firm surface . |
| 7 | The cost of rehabilitating a patient after a heart attack is somewhat less than being in a hospital bed for a third of a day , so I do not think that we are denting the NHS 's resources by providing this for everybody . |
| 8 | Having got back to bed for a few hours , at 0800 Captain Moore arrives at his office in the RMP Headquarters , which is housed in the 1936 Olympic Stadium Barracks , and by mid-morning is feeling a bit smug about the noticeable dent in the paperwork on his desk . |
| 9 | Then it 's time to slide into bed for a few hours ' sleep , to be woken once again for a patrol that will signal the start of a new day . |
| 10 | He came round at once , and said that it was nothing to worry about ; Susan was worn out , that was all , and must stay in bed for a few days . |
| 11 | Stay sitting on the bed for a few moments , then follow procedure as for 3 above . |
| 12 | ‘ She said you had a chill on the kidneys and you 'd be in bed for a few days yet . |
| 13 | Inside her room , Mildred decided to get into bed for a few minutes to warm up . |
| 14 | A control group were instructed to lie quietly in bed for a few moments before writing down what they could recall of their dreams . |
| 15 | She sat on the edge of her bed for a few minutes , digging dirt from under her nails . |
| 16 | When he realises that he has a migraine , my husband retires to bed for a few hours then spends the rest of the day in an armchair . |
| 17 | I went into my own bedroom and sat on the bed for a few minutes . |
| 18 | ‘ All I want is a bed for a few days . ’ |
| 19 | I sat on the bed for a few moments , recovering . |
| 20 | The doctor says it is n't serious , but he thinks she should rest in bed for a few days . |
| 21 | Sarella lay fuming in bed for a few minutes before flinging back the duvet and running to the window . |
| 22 | Lucker checks under the bed for a bugging device . |
| 23 | At the end of the fourth day , after hours of gentle massage by Miss Sowerby and myself , I went to bed for a full night 's sleep , Miss Sowerby taking over as ‘ night nurse ’ . |
| 24 | In ( b ) we are not asking the student to make up any bed but a particular kind of bed for a particular patient . |
| 25 | Touched by her husband 's bringing her coffee Frau Nordern was in a good humour , dismissing her own worries about the accident as mere alarmism stoked by Bodo , and tempering her authoritarian ways by letting Paul stay in bed for an extra fifteen minutes instead of , as usual , rousing him in the manner of a sergeant in charge of a penal battalion . |