Example sentences of "bed and [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lie in my bed and stare at the cracked plaster in the ceiling , the smudges of handprints ( how in the hell did they get there ? ) , and I wonder why I am so afraid . |
| 2 | He showered again to get rid of the tell-tale smell , then lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling , quite immobile , thinking . |
| 3 | Cowley walked to the bed and stared at the silent man . |
| 4 | Bodie stood by Doyle 's bed and stared at the pale face of his friend , the eyes closed but moving restlessly beneath the lids . |
| 5 | Evelyn lay on her bed and stared at the ceiling . |
| 6 | Marion sat on the bed and stared at the wallpaper ( roses — so pretty — she had chosen it herself ) without seeing it . |
| 7 | He threw himself down on the huge old bed and stared at the sloping timber ceiling . |
| 8 | She went home — alone — and sat in darkness staring at the blank face of the television until eleven , and then she went to bed and stared at the ceiling instead . |
| 9 | She went indoors to her room , lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling until a nurse brought lunch . |
| 10 | Richard sat on the side of the bed and looked at the floor . |
| 11 | Laying my pack of cigarettes on the table , I lay back on the bed and looked at the ceiling . |
| 12 | She sank down on to the bed and glanced at the writing pad that she 'd tossed there after a brief effort to write to Arnie . |
| 13 | I stay in bed and pluck at the counterpane and listen to the winds of solitude roaring at the edge of infinity and the wolves of evil baying down the void , and I look into the darkness . ’ |
| 14 | It was very restful and he 'd moved his furniture around so that he could lie on his bed and look at the view . |