Example sentences of "[prep] bed at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the mutual enjoyment of the other sex is lost if the only end in view , for at least one of the two , is to get the other into bed at the first opportunity . |
| 2 | She did n't feel comfortable and safe with anybody but Angus : he had n't tried to push her into bed at the first opportunity . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It would be a bit like choosing to go and spend all Sunday afternoon discussing skin diseases with your 75-year-old deaf aunty in Coatbridge , instead of taking up your boyfriend 's offer of a day in bed at an expensive country house hotel , drinking champagne while he gives you a bit of a seeing to . |
| 5 | A mother insists on her small son 's going to bed at a certain time , in spite of all his protests , because she knows he needs enough sleep to keep healthy and alert ; but in his view , she is insisting that he gives up his happy play , cutting him off from the rest of the family , for no good reason . |
| 6 | There was a need for vigilance of the type in which Collins specialises , since the Germans had restarted the match apparently intent on finishing it as a contest in time for the largely youthful audience at Ibrox to get home to bed at a respectable hour . |
| 7 | On the other hand she was never hard on us and never unsympathetic ; she looked after us , made sure we were properly fed and clothed , that we went to bed at a reasonable time — all that sort of thing . ’ |
| 8 | If you , I mean if you 're only going round there and you 're gon na go to bed at a reasonable hour . |
| 9 | Moreover , if Olwyn went to bed at an earlier time it would obviate the Jones ' need to reinforce aspects of her bad behaviour ( for example giving in to tantrums and providing positive attention for hitting ) . |
| 10 | You could , for example , frighten a child into conformity with your wishes by saying that erm , you know , if , if the child does n't go to bed at the right time , the bogie man will come and eat them up , or something . |
| 11 | Social activities Provided that they do not stop you going to bed at the proper time , social activities are a very good way of adjusting to the new time zone , particularly if they enable you to spend time out-of-doors in natural daylight at the times recommended in Table 11.2 . |
| 12 | If possible , give individual care rather than take several people to bed at the same time . |
| 13 | Even though we were always moving around , we 'd always be on the same tip ; we 'd go to bed at the same time and my mom would carry cooking pots into hotels and cook — stink out the whole place with curry . |
| 14 | ‘ I wish we went to bed at the same time . |
| 15 | And for some time after that they went to bed at the same time and Ellen gave up both Jed and the Director of Social Services ; and when both threatened , in grief , spite and unreason , to report her infidelity to Bernard , said , ‘ Tell away ! ’ and neither of them did , which rather disappointed her . |