Example sentences of "and [verb] on [art] bed " in BNC.

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1 For a few brief moments he reared and plunged on the bed , grunting like an animal , until his lust emptied itself into her .
2 A cold gazpacho soup accompanied by hot , crusty garlic bread and followed by several special salads was on the menu for tonight , and Belinda arrived in the kitchen just as Mrs Porter was garnishing with parsley a deliciously chunky bowl of boneless chicken , artichokes , avocados , celery and cashew nuts coated in a tangy dressing and resting on a bed of purplish mignonette lettuce .
3 Paul gets up off the floor and sits on the bed .
4 But the battle was in vain , and McAllister , like Dr Neil and Rose , had to watch while all their efforts to save Effie were useless , and slowly her life leached away with her blood , leaving her white and drained on the bed , only the shouts of her now motherless baby breaking the silence of the room .
5 She was naked now , and kneeling on the bed still holding her wine .
6 What he pulled out and flung on the bed were garments of his own : a thick jacket and breeches and boots .
7 He finished his coffee , and knelt on the bed to kiss her deeply and lingeringly .
8 She groaned and threshed on the bed in an anguish of pleasure , redness behind her eyes , her ears singing , sea in a shell .
9 Sapped of all energy , Belinda fell listlessly through the door , let it drift shut behind her and slumped on the bed , utterly confused about what had just happened .
10 His bags were packed and waiting on the bed .
11 I go back to my room and lie on the bed .
12 I shower and lie on the bed in the dark .
13 Behind the closed door , she pulled the two bills from her pocket , and lying on the bed , smoothed out the wrinkles .
14 I then got up and went into another room , where I found the father Delavaud , still clothed , and lying on the bed , dead .
15 Just open the door and jump on the bed , if you want to put a bed in .
16 She shut the door and climbed on the bed .
17 1lb ( 400g ) any fresh fruit of your choice , plus a diet yogurt OR 4oz ( 100g ) red kidney beans , 4oz ( 100g ) sweetcorn , chopped cucumber , tomatoes and spring onions tossed in mint sauce , mixed with natural yogurt and served on a bed of lettuce , plus 1/2 fresh grapefruit
18 His mother stretched mute and bleeding on the bed .
19 There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep .
20 I 've gone to bed many and many a time — and I was only sixteen — I 've gone to bed many a time and laid on the bed and fell off to sleep before I was undressed because we were on the go the whole time .
21 Jo ran straight up to her room and fell on the bed .
22 He maintained they talked , and then the woman went upstairs , stripped , and lay on a bed .
23 I went back to my room and lay on the bed .
24 I returned to our room and lay on the bed next to my dear wife .
25 Things happen , he thought , and lay on the bed listening , but she had taken a magazine in with her and he fell asleep waiting .
26 She went back to her room , pulled the wooden shutters across the windows and lay on the bed .
27 Turning away from the commscreen , she saw Ari sitting hunched and troubled on the bed .
28 Perhaps in one of these rooms John lay and tossed on a bed of fever .
29 Sprinkle browned flaked almonds on top and serve on a bed of lettuce .
30 He gazed at Frau Nordern as she squeezed past the desk and sat on the bed .
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