Example sentences of "[verb] back to sleep " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he let go and the calf sank back to sleep . |
| 2 | He opened an owlish eye and barked unconvincingly at us before yawning and going back to sleep . |
| 3 | I awoke early — too early — but there was no going back to sleep . |
| 4 | I was too excited at being in such a strange city on the other side of the world for there to be any question of going back to sleep again . |
| 5 | ‘ A nice fresh herring , ’ he murmured , turning over and going back to sleep . |
| 6 | I 'll make like I 'm going back to sleep , or maybe I 'll get up and do something . |
| 7 | OK , so she was n't going back to sleep . |
| 8 | ‘ Anyway , get back to sleep and tomorrow perhaps we 'd better think seriously about getting you away from here , after all . ’ |
| 9 | Well , they moved off and then just getting back to sleep must of been half an hour after we 'd and heard this voice shout what you doing ? |
| 10 | She had lived many times on the edge of danger and she knew better than to sink back to sleep . |
| 11 | Surprised into consciousness , alone in the black hemisphere , he cries until he laughs ; then he uses the chamberpot that Rosa readied , and goes back to sleep quickly , despite the pain . |
| 12 | I 'd be up as well , and he 'll just goes back to sleep and I shall stay awake going , Matthew you 've got ta get up now ! |
| 13 | Too hot to go back to sleep . |
| 14 | At night , even though the baby has woken , the quiet , dark , unstimulating environment makes him more likely to go back to sleep . |
| 15 | Yet , even before she pushed open the gate , she saw old Mother Jacobsen look up and the cat on her lap rise and turn before folding itself into a crescent preparing to go back to sleep . |
| 16 | ‘ On rare occasions when it is unbearable , with a jet engine noise screaming inside my head , and combining with other roaring noises , I take sleeping pills and try to go back to sleep . |
| 17 | ‘ When the mortars wake me at night , it takes a long time to go back to sleep . |
| 18 | Three big movies ; drinking with Bogie ; flirting with Garbo ; taken up by Hedda Hopper , ‘ the most exciting success story since Gregory Peck 's contracts of ten years back ’ ; liked by directors ; known as his own man and a tough one ; married to a charmer and , now at peace with Olivia de Havilland , sitting on the floor at a last party telling her that he was ‘ terrified ’ of going back to play Hamlet , would wake up in the middle of the night sweating and shaking at the thought , unable to go back to sleep . |
| 19 | Jehan knew that he would be unable to go back to sleep again . |
| 20 | ‘ If Your Grace wishes to go back to sleep … ? ’ |
| 21 | She turned over and appeared to go back to sleep . |
| 22 | In any case , she was too scared to go back to sleep even if she had been able to . |
| 23 | One half is telling me to get out of bed whilst the stronger half is telling me to go back to sleep as it does n't matter if I 'm late for school . |
| 24 | I tell myself that I will let myself lie in bed for another five minutes though I stipulate that I am not allowed to go back to sleep and that I have to count out the five-minutes in my head . |
| 25 | I want to go back to sleep . ’ |
| 26 | I lie still hoping that I will be able to fall back to sleep , but knowing it is a waste of time . |
| 27 | ‘ All present and correct , ’ Gloria mumbled , then rolled back to sleep . |
| 28 | I want you to tell me a few things and then I 'll let you go back to sleep , all right ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I can go back to sleep . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't go back to sleep . ’ |