Example sentences of "up on the sofa " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's probably the sort of house where visitors feel sufficiently at ease to put their feet up on the sofa . |
| 2 | My father put up on the sofa in the big living-room next to my bedroom , which I had claimed as my study . |
| 3 | But Donald was doubled up on the sofa . |
| 4 | If you want to spend your Sundays curled up on the sofa , watching television , and having a few drinks , why not ? |
| 5 | Some days were better ; she would curl up on the sofa and talk dreamily about their taking a trip to Norway together . |
| 6 | Aunt Sarah would be curled up on the sofa , in guernsey and old jeans , having chased Robin and Jenny out so that she could phone in peace . |
| 7 | They took the brandy into the sitting room and lit the gas fire and curled up on the sofa . |
| 8 | I would sit with her often for a whole hour , she with her feet up on the sofa , resting . |
| 9 | Every now and then one of them would stand up on the sofa and trample restlessly round like a dog resettling itself into its sleeping place . |
| 10 | She was propped up on the sofa near her open window which commanded an excellent view of the whole of Canons ' Court . |
| 11 | Would n't I like to curl up on the sofa ? — and mostly I enjoyed the sweaty heaving pleasures of the British Legion do , where the guests galumphed and the men got drunk and waved bottles around — and one thing I noticed through all the ranks of society , no matter what the background , or the income , or the form the party took , was that as the evening wore on women would begin to look pained and patient and longed to get home , but did n't like to say so for fear of being accused of ruining the evening 's fun . |
| 12 | Brown started to giggle to himself , put his feet up on the sofa and waited for the images and feelings to take possession of him . |
| 13 | The kitchen , I assume , thought Leonora , and swung her feet up on the sofa , chuckling at the ludicrously large socks . |
| 14 | Leonora chose a brightly coloured paperback novel about the Crusades , and went over to the fireplace to curl up on the sofa . |
| 15 | and I 've we 've taken the the old settee down to Carrie 's and moved the two seater and the armchair down this end and they flew in tonight straight up on the sofa , I said to it 's gon na be tough for a week or so but they 've got ta get used to staying on the floor , I 'm not having them on the furniture all the time cos they just absolutely ruin it ! |