Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] up in bed " in BNC.
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| 1 | At about midnight when all the children were tucked up in bed we visited the Grotto . |
| 2 | But it was easier to believe in the impossible when you were tucked up in bed and half-asleep , than when you were walking the wet , comfortless streets , and the bloke you loved was on a bus going in the opposite direction , staring hopelessly out of the window , and wondering how on earth he was ever going to marry you , with no savings and going into the Army next week and a widowed mother who imagined herself an invalid and hated you for taking away her son . |
| 3 | And before I could resolve the problem I was struggling up in bed , in the pitch blackness , reaching for the shrilling telephone . |
| 4 | ‘ But I was tucked up in bed early — not difficult in Dresden you know , they do n't have West German television down there — oh ! |
| 5 | That evening , when Rachel was tucked up in bed sleeping , the moment came when Fred could contain his suspicions no longer , as Carrie had expected . |
| 6 | Five minutes later she was tucked up in bed , sleeping happily once again , while Jake had retreated to his little ante-room . |
| 7 | When Bodie arrived at the hospital , first thing next morning , Ray Doyle was propped up in bed , looking as chirpy and as mischievous as ever . |
| 8 | Arty was sitting up in bed , his hair shining from a liberal application of something that looked and smelled like perfumed vaseline and came from a jar labelled Easi-Gro . |
| 9 | ‘ There you are , ’ said Patrick , who was sitting up in bed . |
| 10 | She was sitting up in bed showing off her sunburn . |
| 11 | She was sitting up in bed learning the chant which was to be tested the next day . |
| 12 | She was sitting up in bed , her glasses already adorning her gaunt face and her hair curled up tightly on rollers . |
| 13 | Piggott was sitting up in bed , laughing at reports in American newspapers that his legendary 44-year career is finished . |
| 14 | She was sitting up in bed , and she drank , spluttered , and grinned . |
| 15 | Philpott was sitting up in bed , his face hidden behind a copy of the New York Times . |
| 16 | She was sitting up in bed listening to the radio on the headphones . |
| 17 | The penicillin injected into Julia 's veins four times a day killed the infection inexorably , and within three days the oxygen tent had been removed and she was sitting up in bed waiting for her meals with real hunger . |
| 18 | She was sitting up in bed with a light shawl round her shoulders and a book on her lap , apparently quite composed . |
| 19 | Selina was sitting up in bed when I went through with my drink . |
| 20 | She was sitting up in bed in a profusion of little pillows . |
| 21 | She was sitting up in bed , some few days later , tugging a recalcitrant comb through her long tresses , when a commotion from downstairs made her pause , her fingers still . |
| 22 | Shelley was sitting up in bed , her arms round her knees . |
| 23 | Today , the plucky youngster was sitting up in bed and said to be ‘ improving ’ at Alder Hey Childrens ' Hospital , Liverpool . |