Example sentences of "[prep] bed [prep] a [adj] time " 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 | I can delegate authority over my son to a baby-sitter instructing him to make sure my son is in bed by a certain time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 ) . |