Example sentences of "[verb] to bed " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly he said , Would you like to come to bed ? |
| 2 | ‘ You think I ca n't get a woman to come to bed with me without offering her bribes ? |
| 3 | Ought to come to bed and turn it off . |
| 4 | He successfully accomplished his design by the simple expedient of walking out of the gaol disguised as a workman while his doctor pretended that he was ill and confined to bed . |
| 5 | innocuous tale ‘ edited ’ by Pickwick while he was confined to bed at Dingley Dell , and read by him to Wardle and Trundle . |
| 6 | On 18 February 1791 Granville Penn ( chairman ) supported by Rev Mr Cook , John Gretton , William Stone , Edward Topham and Huntingford , received information from Vial ( who had been confined to bed with a cold and fever , and had been unable to meet the committee 's delegation ) that he supported the amalgamation of the two plans , and that he would consult his patrons and subscribers accordingly . |
| 7 | A month later this apparently ‘ happy and contented ’ young lady was back in hospital ‘ in a very confused state and confined to bed ’ . |
| 8 | Perhaps Mrs Longhill had already written during the days Ruth had been confined to bed . |
| 9 | ‘ She has a chill and is confined to bed . |
| 10 | Blanche was confined to bed most of the time ; he did n't stay long because she was so weary and there was a nurse who bustled him out . |
| 11 | ‘ I worked through the night to get them done and then drove to her house where she was confined to bed , ’ says Alan . |
| 12 | Player-manager Roy McDonough , who has been confined to bed with flu for the past couple of days , is happy with the likes of Robert Hopkins , Steve McGavin , Gary Bennett , Paul Abrahams and himself from which to choose as the U's bid to launch a late bid for the end of season play-off phase . |
| 13 | The subjects with influenza B were not so ill that they were confined to bed , so influenza could possibly endanger people 's safety at work . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's a new lease of life for them , ’ she told her mother , but just before Sarah became ill Miss Louisa suffered a stroke and was confined to bed , and two weeks later Miss Ellen had a heart attack and was also bedridden . |
| 15 | The following year , in Paris , Du Camp was ill , and confined to bed in his apartment . |
| 16 | He suspected she could have wished for nothing better than to have him confined to bed and reliant on her care . |
| 17 | Are you really totally confined to bed , Faye ? |
| 18 | Throughout the crisis of 1931 , however , he was confined to bed after an operation . |
| 19 | All patients were in hospital and confined to bed for at least 24 hours after ERCP . |
| 20 | Agnes kicked it across the garden and it ran off yelping into the dunes , only reappearing once Agnes was safely out of the way , confined to bed . |
| 21 | The rationale of treatment should be explained fully , reassuring the patient that she will not be confined to bed , subjected to high doses of drugs , or isolated from her family and friends . |
| 22 | She 's confined to bed with her second attack of flu in , since er since December , so that 's why she 's not here today . |
| 23 | She was confined to bed and had infrequent visits from a nurse ; since my father was still in the Army I looked after myself and skipped school to visit my mother who , by this time , was in a hospital for the terminally ill . |
| 24 | Only replacement back Kenny Logan was an absentee , confined to bed suffering from the 24-hour flu bug . |
| 25 | One drawback of the Masters for married men , who want to see the last putt in , is that it requires them to creep to bed as if they were returning from a night club . |
| 26 | Fintan said it was not the stories but the poteen , and it was only three nights since Cermait had had to be carried to bed . |
| 27 | WORLD champion boxer Chris Eubank fought off Big Breakfast show presenter Paula Yates , above , when she tried to bed him for an interview on screen yesterday . |
| 28 | Now , Monday 's fashion ; the clocks have gone back ; and , naturally , Carol Smillie 's attentions have turned to bed . |
| 29 | Put to bed . |
| 30 | This is one debate , one small debate , hopefully put to bed within an hour with a decent result . |