Example sentences of "and retire to bed " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very often , in the middle of the evening , she would be overcome by lassitude and retire to bed , often before the shops downstairs were closed . |
| 2 | By the time he got to the ice-cream he was too weary to eat , so he downed the bourbon — which instantly took its toll — and retired to bed , leaving the television on in the next room , its sound turned down to a soporific burble . |
| 3 | : I did the only thing I could think of , and retired to bed ; if I was to be a blade of grass doomed to be trampled flat , then I might as well accept it and lie down . |
| 4 | You could have prepared that fire and retired to bed . ’ |
| 5 | We made ourselves at home , ate the simple food sent across to us from the refectory and retired to bed . |