noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bedtime story (= one that you read to a child before they go to sleep )
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He remembered his mother reading him a bedtime story.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
story
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Mr Driscoll created the cartoon characters as bedtime stories for his children, Adam and Holly.
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One evening the boy requested that the father tell him a bedtime story .
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I waited for the bedtime story .
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As we nestled over a bedtime story he scratched his head.
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As it got dark, rather than hear a scary bedtime story , Stuart wanted to walk in the woods with me.
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Children who had never heard a bedtime story and could not write their own names were crammed into classrooms by the dozens.
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It tells us foolish bedtime stories in exchange for our promises to purchase the latest corporate goods and corporate services.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Isn't it your bedtime ?
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It's late -- it must be nearly bedtime .
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It's past my bedtime -- I really must get some sleep.
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Lucy, 7.30 is bedtime , you know that.
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This medicine should be taken at bedtime and first thing in the morning.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Children who had never heard a bedtime story and could not write their own names were crammed into classrooms by the dozens.
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I smile at the watching people and say she is always this way at bedtime .
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If your child enjoys a bedtime drink there's no point in refusing one.
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It tells us foolish bedtime stories in exchange for our promises to purchase the latest corporate goods and corporate services.
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It was always an early bedtime for the 40 or so athletes based at the Kawa Falls.
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One evening the boy requested that the father tell him a bedtime story.