I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sleep pattern
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Disturbed sleep patterns may be a symptom of depression.
a sleeping pill
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I took a sleeping pill and tried to go back to sleep.
a sleeping tablet
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Sleeping tablets can be addictive.
beauty sleep
catch up on some sleep (= after a period without enough sleep )
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I need to catch up on some sleep .
cry yourself to sleep (= cry until you fall asleep )
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That night he cried himself to sleep.
die in your sleep
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During the night he died in his sleep.
disturb sb's sleep
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Local people said their sleep was being disturbed by the noise from the aircraft.
drifting into sleep
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She was just drifting into sleep when the alarm went off.
drifting off to sleep
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He felt himself drifting off to sleep .
fell into...deep sleep
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He lay down and fell into a deep sleep .
fitful sleep
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John awoke from a fitful sleep .
get back to sleep
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I couldn’t get back to sleep .
get off to sleep
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I went to bed but couldn’t get off to sleep .
gone off to sleep
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I’d just gone off to sleep when the phone rang.
have a look/walk/sleep/talk/think etc
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We were just having a look around.
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Are you going to have a swim?
REM sleep
rouse sb from sleep/dreams etc
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A persistent ringing roused Christina from a pleasant dream.
sang...to sleep
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She patiently sang the baby to sleep .
seating/sleeping arrangements (= plans for where people will sit/sleep )
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What are the seating arrangements for dinner?
send...to sleep
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His lectures always send me to sleep .
sit/lie/sleep on the floor
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Officers found her lying face down on the floor.
Sleep deprivation
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Sleep deprivation can result in mental disorders.
sleep under the stars (= in a place with no roof )
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In the desert, they slept out under the stars.
sleeping bag
sleeping car
sleeping partner
sleeping pill
sleeping policeman
sleeping sickness
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
again
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Disturbed by this strange and brutal event, Tallis found it hard to get to sleep again .
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He would drift off to sleep again , only to wake and look at the clock.
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I buried myself deeper in the warmth of my own blanket and slept again .
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I dozed off, started awake, and then I slept again , only to wake once more.
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Mrs Wright had dropped off to sleep again , making a kind of whistling noise through her mouth.
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Still mute, he curled up on the seat and went to sleep again .
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That night I knew for sure I never would sleep again .
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The Dormouse woke up for a minute and then went to sleep again .
around
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He was sleeping around a lot, which was something he had not done before.
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Not doing hard drugs anymore, and sleeping around with Lenin.
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Half the girls felt both boys and girls deserved a bad name if they slept around .
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There have even been scandalous economists like Thorstein Veblen, who slept around .
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A loose girl who sleeps around and has got herself pregnant!
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I suppose she meant if she put me on the Pill she was letting me sleep around .
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He may sleep around and shoot about.
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Drink and drugs were derigeur and sleeping around was still very fashionable.
badly
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Louisa had slept badly and dreamed ill.
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She slept badly and felt tired and depressed all day on Sunday even though she saw John briefly late in the evening.
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She had slept badly , tossing and turning in the heat though the room had been cool enough.
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Baldwin slept badly and briefly, uncertain about the wisdom or precision of his nocturnal negotiations.
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He was sleeping badly , and he knew Celia was worried about him.
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She'd slept badly and felt numb with weariness and grief.
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She slept badly , often waking to listen so that she would not his going in the morning.
fitfully
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Moran himself slept fitfully beside their brother.
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I slept fitfully , dreaming that a rat was softly nuzzling my ear.
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I slept fitfully but well enough, disturbed only by the comings and goings of my companions.
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Turning off the light, she slid back under the covers and closed her eyes to sleep fitfully until noon.
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My brother, who slept fitfully at home, threw up at school.
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Aspirin kept the fever at bay after that, but he slept fitfully all night.
in
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Having a comfortable bed to sleep in is a luxury that most of us take for granted.
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It also featured the standard-issue metal bar that jabs viciously into your back no matter what position you try to sleep in .
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The staff say you always look as if you've been sleeping in haystacks these days.
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No doubt you are out there hacking away instead of sleeping in on Sunday morning.
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The one she had slept in for years before moving upstairs this summer to share with Thérèse.
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While sleeping in one of the beds upstairs, she was discovered by the bears, and she ran away.
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The police bed was the most comfortable he had slept in for years, and the meal really good.
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It is only at night that I get a little corner to sleep in .
late
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Chapter Twelve Melissa slept late and awoke with a splitting headache.
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Flavia herself that morning had slept late .
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On Sundays they would sleep late .
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Mornings, she'd sleep late .
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He slept late , and when he awoke the wind was rising in the rafters.
never
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She felt both exhausted and keyed up, as though she would never sleep .
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For he had never slept , and therefore he did not know that one could wake again....
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The time was after eleven and he was tired but he could never sleep without reading for a few minutes at least.
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Even if I were interested in Martin, I would never sleep with some one who had access to my medical records.
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We have never slept apart and still I do not know him.
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Yesterday, the city that never sleeps , slept.
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Valerie, aged twenty-three, had never slept away from home since they had moved to the town almost twenty years before.
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Like an actual military campaign, the operation never slept .
on
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Which side of the bed do you sleep on now?
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Sunk deep into the pillows, I sleep on and on into the day.
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The sort of people who want Impreza Turbos are happy to sleep on the floor after parties.
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It has been slept on for almost a month, even though snow has come and, with it, serious winter.
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We were in soft class which meant you had a bed to sleep on - a sort of cot.
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The water was above his ankles, flowing over the wooden plank he slept on .
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Now, that's something to sleep on .
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We can not sleep on the bed, can not sleep on the pillow.
peacefully
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Beside him, Dimity slept peacefully , but the rector could not rest.
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I slept peacefully all night long.
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But Emily lay beside him, sleeping peacefully .
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There was Twoflower, sleeping peacefully on the low bed.
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She banished them from her mind and glanced back at Clarissa who was sleeping peacefully .
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The baby slept peacefully in its cradle.
soundly
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He slept soundly , even through the winter gales.
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These kept her very snug and warm and she slept soundly until morning.
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Thirteen Meg slept soundly that first night.
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Ishmael passes the night sleeping soundly .
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Within seconds Maggie was sleeping soundly .
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She searched through all the mattresses and featherbeds, pulled out the pea, and then slept soundly .
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She'd already checked his room and he was sleeping soundly .
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For the first time in weeks, Ted Iacenda will sleep soundly tonight.
together
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She had obviously enticed Patrick to run away with her - were they sleeping together , she wondered briefly?
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For ten days we ate together , slept together, never spent two minutes apart.
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Leith's mouth fell open in surprise as she realised that this awful man thought she and Travis were sleeping together .
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If it is possible, we will sleep together .
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And, of course, not sleep together , which they mustn't do if they're living apart either.
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Jeff had some funny lines on sleeping together and swimming lessons at school strange how Len Fairclough kept cropping up.
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Seventy-five percent of couples said sleeping together all the time was a turn-off.
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We are sleeping together and that is good, too.
well
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I've not been sleeping well since the house was ransacked, and it's made me very edgy.
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She looked as if she had slept well , and had a warm, desirable maiden freshness about her.
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And you're obviously not sleeping well .
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None of the Lundbergs slept well last night.
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But she's slept well today, thank goodness.
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I seem to have no emotional resilience these days because I am not sleeping well .
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Several babies cried, though Jane slept well .
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But I think perhaps you have had enough lessons for one night. Sleep well , my little friend.
■ NOUN
baby
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She drank it all in a day and the baby slept beautifully.
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Many of these bad habits are started in infancy when parents rock and sing their babies to sleep .
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They even develop their own tactics for lulling the babies to sleep .
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They promptly chucked her out of the bed and breakfast hotel and she and the baby are sleeping on a relative's floor.
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Lee-Cruz and the baby sleep on the bed below his.
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Fortunately she left the cot, so baby slept quite well.
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The baby was sleeping in a bassinet the boys allegedly tipped over.
back
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Smitty went to sleep in the back .
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She had rolled over in the night and was sleeping on her back with one arm flung above her head.
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I slept flat on my back , palms upthe position of terminal exhaustion.
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When night fell, he had slept in the back of the Capri, slept and dozed.
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Or, if sleeping on the back , with a pillow under the knees.
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They would soon go to sleep in the back of the car.
bed
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Do what is right in love and compassion and I will make his bed and you will sleep in peace.
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And nighttime, he is not sleep in regular bed .
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After my first spell of night duty I collapsed into bed and slept for nineteen hours.
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Everyone else sleeps regular bed , he sleeps in some kind of strange bed.
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Having a comfortable bed to sleep in is a luxury that most of us take for granted.
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We can not sleep on the bed , can not sleep on the pillow.
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She turned this way and that, imagining Catherine in her cot beside the bed in which Mike slept alone.
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I got up, rekindled the fire, and then went back to bed and slept until seven.
car
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I thought it unlikely that Xanthe would ever sleep in that car again, so strong was her present reaction.
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Five days after the shootings, Kirkpatrick was arrested while sleeping in a car in North Hollywood.
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Poor old Chris was sleeping in his car and living off bread and water when he found he'd won £250,000.
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He kept getting up and going to the window to look down on his sleeping car .
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But when he first arrived in Swindon he slept in a car park.
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Many slept in their cars or took refuge in evacuation centers in Lincoln and other towns north of Sacramento.
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I had to sleep in a car for two weeks.
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I sleep in a car in the lot.
child
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The residential children sleep and eat in these areas, using the plinths as beds.
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People before have stretched their necks towards them, like you, wonder-gazing children not able to sleep .
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The houses were small and some of the children were having to sleep three to a bed.
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At least at night, the child slept alone.
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Up to 30 men, women and children sleep here, depending upon how many men are home from the fighting.
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The women and children slept on these, between two and five to a bed.
day
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She wondered why they slept by day and travelled by night and decided to ask them when they woke up.
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After the first bout of verbiage I disappeared inside my room and slept for a day .
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He walked by night and slept by day , the midday sun being too hot for him.
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Now I wanted to sleep a whole day .
floor
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Her parents spent weeks sleeping on a hospital floor , while her sister, Caroline was being cared for by friends.
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They both slept on the floor on old gym mats.
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They sleep on the floor without mattress or bedcover.
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That was fine by him as long as I didn't mind sleeping on the floor .
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Only can sleep on the floor until two weeks.
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The sort of people who want Impreza Turbos are happy to sleep on the floor after parties.
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I would have slept on the floor but for fear of waking up face to face with a rat.
hours
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When she's happy she can sleep for hours in the same position.
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So they drive fast, sleeping a few hours a night, then move on to the next job and paycheck.
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He slept ten or twelve hours a day and didn't answer Maud when she telephoned.
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I slept for seven hours each night. 1 went to the gym every other day.
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After my first spell of night duty I collapsed into bed and slept for nineteen hours .
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In his pensione Sandison slept for two hours in the afternoon.
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I was sleeping fifteen, twenty hours a day.
morning
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I suppose I didn't sleep properly till morning .
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These kept her very snug and warm and she slept soundly until morning .
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Just time for a few hours sleep before the early morning call in the biggest beds you have ever seen.
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No doubt you are out there hacking away instead of sleeping in on Sunday morning .
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I slept late one Sunday morning with a painter I had met at the Welfare Department.
night
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In contrast with the night before, I slept scarcely at all.
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At night , when ya sleep , proteins from Angie build it up bigger, stronger, tougher.
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One night we did not sleep at all.
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The previous night , while sleeping , one woman even woke to find one attached to the inside of her mouth.
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At night , while he slept , his mind was still full of music.
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Some nights , we slept there.
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He walked by night and slept by day, the midday sun being too hot for him.
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That night we slept in the truck.
place
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A group of Diana monkeys fly through the top willowy branches in search of fruit and a place to sleep .
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All I lacked was a place to sleep and a bit of bread.
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As simple as lighting a fire or finding a dry place to sleep .
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Go find those boys from that helicopter and tell them to give you a place to sleep .
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Remember, all her life she had wandered from place to place, sleeping in a tent or under the stars.
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Nor did he pledge to provide every homeless person with a warm, clean place to sleep .
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Instead we wanted to find that other helicopter crew and get a place to sleep .
room
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I have known between three and four dozen boys and girls sleep in one room .
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When we got back to the boardinghouse, Frank seemed to assume that we would both sleep in his room .
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Antonia, you go and sleep in Leo's room .
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Yet her shift was twelve hours, she slept in the living room .
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My second uncle must have slept in this room .
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He thought about Peter Stillman and wondered if he had ever slept in the room he was in now.
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Paul Farrow slept in the same room when she fell, too drunk to notice.
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The family ate and slept in the room in back.
wink
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I could see he hadn't slept a wink all night.
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He didn't sleep a wink during the journey.
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I didn't sleep a wink .
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I did not sleep a wink last night for worrying about you and if you are alright.
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He wouldn't sleep a wink .
■ VERB
cry
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Katherine was on the bed, where she had cried herself to sleep .
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And poor Firecracker crying himself to sleep for days-weeks.
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D' you know that I cry myself to sleep every night?
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After everyone was gone for the night I cried myself to sleep .
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Several babies cried , though Jane slept well.
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She would cry herself to sleep at night.
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They cry themselves to sleep , he behind his wooden bars and she on the big sagging bed.
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I used to cry myself to sleep every night, hoping Mum wouldn't come in.
drift
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When he drifted off to sleep at last Henry's cheeks were quite pink with shame.
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He would drift off to sleep again, only to wake and look at the clock.
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Exhausted by the long words and the morning's adventure in the corridors he had soon drifted off to sleep .
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She stood stock still, hoping he would drift off to sleep once more without realising she was not there.
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After the ceremony she seemed to be serene and relaxed and to drift off to sleep .
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As she drifted off to sleep , a single tear rolled from her eye.
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He soon drifted off to sleep .
drop
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But tonight they were ready to drop , must sleep .
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Mrs Wright had dropped off to sleep again, making a kind of whistling noise through her mouth.
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Try having your last meal no later than 5 p. m. Working till I drop will help me sleep .
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I must have dropped off to sleep .
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Eventually we dropped off to sleep .
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The Marine Commandos looked exhausted, some of them appeared to be about to drop off to sleep on their feet.
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Probably to be considered all night, he thought bitterly, dropping off to sleep in his clothes.
get
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Therefore hot and cold showers, arguments, and exercise are not good preludes to helping you get to sleep .
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If I could keep them away from my face, I could get to sleep .
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I just want to go to bed and get to sleep .
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When does the guy who turns it on get to sleep ?
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She'd never get to sleep like this.
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He was too sleepy to form specific questions and answers, and too tense to get to sleep .
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Laying her head on the pillow she closed her eyes and tried to get back to sleep .
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I got one sleeps on my pillow with his feet in my hair.
go
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He must have gone to sleep at last for the next thing he heard was his alarm clock.
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Oh, you did not go to sleep as directed, at eight?
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The man stepped back into the centre of the circle, and seemed almost to go to sleep .
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Keep me from going to sleep too soon.
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I want to go to sleep for a month.
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Billy Pilgrim went to sleep , woke up as a widower in his empty home in Ilium.
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I went to sleep at an all-night cinema once.
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Then she goes back to sleep while I go downstairs to face the psycho killer who broke in.
help
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Doesn't really help you sleep at night, eh?
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She woke out of that dream, and Wyatt rubbed her back to help her return to sleep .
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Walking will help you to sleep and is an antidote to stress, nervous tension and depression.
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No wonder the first doctor had given me something to help me sleep .
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Therefore hot and cold showers, arguments, and exercise are not good preludes to helping you get to sleep .
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He had said this was just to help me sleep .
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Will it help you sleep better or recover from a cold more quickly?
let
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Not now. Let me sleep .
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He will not let me sleep .
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He won't let them sleep over-another much-discussed shortcoming.
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He said simply, Please let me sleep but not dream.
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Remember how they whitewashed the pigsties before they'd let their men sleep there?
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If she wants to sleep in a pigsty, let her sleep there.
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The sun is well up over the water before they let each other sleep .
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That night they let me sleep between them.
lie
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When he lay down to sleep the peasants killed him and cut around his outline.
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We sat down; in the berth opposite the old man lay sleeping , the blankets drawn up to his chin.
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Beside the still waters of the Serpentine she lay down and slept .
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When at last he lay sleeping quietly, she summoned all her courage and lit the lamp.
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There was no one there and they lay down and slept . 17.
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Now all that was past, and my heart's desire lay here, sleeping in my arms.
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He obeyed the dream voice and then lay down to sleep again.
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But Emily lay beside him, sleeping peacefully.
lull
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They even develop their own tactics for lulling the babies to sleep .
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A terrible serpent guarded the Fleece, but she would lull it to sleep so that it would do them no harm.
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The sound of waves is the finest way to be lulled to sleep !
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She lulled him to sleep so that she might always find him and caress him as she pleased.
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Dzo bells lulled us to sleep and then woke us to a clear and sunny morning.
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You know, lulling you to sleep before springing into action.
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Back at Uncle's place, another televised hodgepodge of revolutionary memories lulled me to sleep .
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Not the gentle swaying to the tide that had lulled her to sleep last night but a definite purposeful movement.
put
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Her misgivings about what he was asking her to do had been put to sleep by his open face and little-boy smile.
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The shadow was flowing rhythmically, putting him to sleep .
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Seven animals have been put to sleep .
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During the first half of the 1980s, these cries actually put people to sleep .
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She had hoped to time her nightly visit to the nursery so that he was actually being put down to sleep .
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I could put myself to sleep fishing that stream in my head.
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Now I tend to find I need something else to put me to sleep .
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I put myself to sleep each night by imagining that I am in grave danger.
try
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I've been trying to sleep for the last half-hour, and I can't.
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I settled into my chair and tried to sleep .
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The least productive thing to do is to keep trying to go to sleep .
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On our perimeter, some grunts hid in their pup tents trying to sleep while others stared into the gray foliage watching.
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The music was turned down at the request of a fat man who was actually trying to sleep through all the noise.
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There was no point in trying to sleep .
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He puts a scarf around his head to try to sleep .
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He lay back down, tried to sleep .
want
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I want to go to sleep for a month.
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He knew he would gorge himself on curry and dal and then want to sleep .
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Evenings are their weakest time since they soon begin to feel fatigued and want to go to sleep relatively early.
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Ted suggests we might want to get to sleep .
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A heavy meal is far more likely to make you want to sleep - just think of Christmas!
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He wanted a drink, scotch, he wanted to sleep .
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Playing with a puppy for a period beforehand often helps to make it want to sleep at night.
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Now I wanted to sleep a whole day.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a good night's sleep
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All you need is a good night's sleep.
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Night before 1 Try to ensure a good night's sleep. 2 Alleviate any anxiety if possible.
disturbed sleep
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Conversely, disturbed sleep patterns can cause periods to become irregular or stop altogether.
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Sarah experiences more or less constant pain from a back problem, indigestion, and disturbed sleep.
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This may be associated with disturbed sleep and irritability and so the scratching may not be noticed.
light sleep/doze
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About two hours every night is spent in light sleep.
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Corbett fell into a light sleep and was awakened by Ranulf with the news that the ferrymaster had returned.
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I'd been in a light sleep.
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Stages 1 and 2 are stages of light sleep, just drifting off and being asleep but easily aroused.
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Then a sudden wave of exhaustion swept over her, and she slid into a light doze.
not get a wink of sleep/not sleep a wink
sleep deeply
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After three doses, she slept deeply , waking intermittently during the night only to urinate.
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He slept deeply and when he awoke he was refreshed.
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He slept deeply until around 9.30, when he arose, breakfasted, and took his children out for a walk.
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Lily at his side was sleeping deeply , breathing softly.
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Now and again he would reach a hand over to the boy but he slept deeply through the night.
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One man slept deeply , the other lightly and Aicha not at all.
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She felt numb and tired and surprised herself by managing to sleep deeply and well.
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Stephen settled on his back and slept deeply .
sleep heavily
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Exhausted by the horrors of that day, I slept heavily .
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He was still sleeping heavily , in almost the same position they'd left him in.
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They had all slept heavily , the sleep if not of the just, of the innocent and artless.
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When finally she slept, she slept heavily , dreamlessly.
sleep rough
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Hundreds of homeless people have to sleep rough every night in London.
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I was forced to sleep rough that night in a disused warehouse.
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The number of teenagers sleeping rough on the streets is on the increase.
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A chap who had slept rough for more than 20 years was invited to offer ideas on how it should be run.
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And he's often had to sleep rough .
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As a result we have seen a sharp fall in the numbers who sleep rough on our streets.
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How long he'd been sleeping rough no one could tell.
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Many people in neighbouring buildings were also hurt as were a number of beggars sleeping rough on the pavement.
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Now it's in urgent need of blankets to lend to those forced to sleep rough .
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Others are left to wander or sleep rough .
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She lost precious belongings in her days of sleeping rough .
sleeping/dining/buffet car
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Even on long journeys early trains had no corridors, lavatories, dining cars or heating.
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Every seat in the dining car filled up and still people were coming.
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He kept getting up and going to the window to look down on his sleeping car .
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I was watching the scene from the kitchen end of the dining car , standing just behind Emil, Cathy and Oliver.
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In the warm yellow light of the dining car windows I caught a glimpse of a woman raising a wine glass.
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Luxury for first class travellers: a sleeping car attendant delivers hot water bottles on the London-to-Inverness Express, January 1935.
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The buffet car was up ahead; there was a young woman buying a drink and some sandwiches.
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The dining car had oak woodwork, potted palms and sumptuous meals.
stupid with cold/sleep/shock etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Charlotte was sleeping and her mother didn't want to wake her.
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I'm so tired, I could sleep for a week.
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I didn't sleep very well last night, so I couldn't concentrate on the exam.
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I had slept only a few hours, but I had to get up early.
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I normally sleep on my back.
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If my snoring is that bad, I'll go down and sleep on the sofa.
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Is the baby sleeping all night now?
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You can rent a country cottage that sleeps six from as little as £300 a week.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it was hardly like sleeping at all.
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Expect to pay $ 115 for a cabin that sleeps four during peak season.
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None of us slept very easily, I have to say.
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Poor old Chris was sleeping in his car and living off bread and water when he found he'd won £250,000.
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Smitty went to sleep in the back.
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What happens when we sleep or are unconscious?
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deep
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Eight hours of deep , dreamless sleep had helped enormously.
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Early in the cycle, when progesterone levels are low, women generally get less deep , restorative sleep .
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Then he became dopey and fell into a deep sleep that lasted for several hours.
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In the park he quickly fell into a deep sleep .
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Depth of sleep Many parents say that they think their child wets the bed because of being in such deep sleep.
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Instantly, she fell on the bed in the room and went into a deep sleep .
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Granny Weatherwax smacked her lips, like some one emerging from a very deep sleep .
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I was woken from a deep sleep by frantic shouts above.
dreamless
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She gently turned Omi's pillow to stop her mild snoring and then drifted off into her own dreamless sleep .
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Eight hours of deep, dreamless sleep had helped enormously.
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Wonderful dreamless sleep engulfed him every night.
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In the circle of Edward's arm she fell into a dreamless sleep .
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There are plans to make for tomorrow, but for now I want a dreamless sleep .
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Everything his heart needed, even dreamless sleep , she would be able to give him.
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After a while he dozed, and then slid into a dreamless sleep .
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He was still pondering on the problem when he drifted into a deep and dreamless sleep .
fitful
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It wasn't until dawn that she finally drifted off into an all too brief and fitful sleep .
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Thunder woke her out of a fitful sleep .
good
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Sing and try to have a good night's sleep .
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The Hilton booklet offers tips for getting better sleep .
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Too little exercise during the day and you will find it difficult to have a good night's sleep .
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Facing the truth about a misguided decision can cause senior managers to lose a good deal of sleep .
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And it helps you get a good night's sleep .
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Unfortunately, just practicing good sleep hygiene is not always enough to prevent insomnia.
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A good night's sleep leads to a reappraisal.
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Check if mattress and pillows need renewing - for better sleep and relief of aches and stiffness.
light
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Corbett fell into a light sleep and was awakened by Ranulf with the news that the ferrymaster had returned.
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About two hours every night is spent in light sleep .
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Stages 1 and 2 are stages of light sleep , just drifting off and being asleep but easily aroused.
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I'd been in a light sleep .
little
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The need for only little sleep .
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A little bit of sleep was the nearest thing to consolation left for people like us.
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There was very little sleep last night, our first hours ashore in Normandy, maybe tonight we could have some rest.
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Many slump into seats, some catching up on a little sleep before the day begins.
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She felt sleepy rather than tired, as a result, she told herself, of having had so little sleep of late.
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The little sleep we got last night was not enough.
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I suppose that at school, where I had so little sleep , this assertion was true.
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Too little regimen, too little sleep .
long
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This time it will be a long sleep , Cadfael.
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Awakening from a long sleep will be understood differently by the child depending on his age.
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When I woke up, I was on a train and feeling very uncomfortable after a long sleep .
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It was about this time that Dorothy woke from her long sleep and opened her eyes.
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Alcohol is a poor way of getting a long sleep as its diuretic effect wakes you because of a full bladder.
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He became slowly aware of his surroundings, like a man emerging from a long , drugged sleep .
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The document has reappeared after a long sleep in California, and is estimated at £150,000.
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The dragons, though few, are turning restless in their long sleep .
■ NOUN
beauty
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She started her new job on Monday and she said she needed her beauty sleep before tackling the front attic.
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A girl needed her beauty sleep .
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Playing Desert Storm on my Sega console had not only eroded my morals, it had disturbed my beauty sleep .
deprivation
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Many of the men were suffering from shell-shock, sleep deprivation and cold, he added.
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The rock-and-roll and sleep deprivation , the chair, even leaving me out in the corridor to hear the screams.
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The effects of sleep deprivation were therefore not simple.
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During a period of sleep deprivation the effects of sleeplessness may become cumulative.
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The effects of sleep deprivation appear to reduce mental and physical functioning.
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An individual who has been deprived of sleep is more difficult to arouse because sleep that follows sleep deprivation is very deep.
loss
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At 102 miles, she clings to third, reeling from her bad ankle and diarrhea and sleep loss .
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The biospherians experienced headaches, sleep loss , and fatigue.
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This evidence, again, is consistent with the lapse theory of sleep loss .
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Do they result from the body clock, from sleep loss - or from some mixture of these factors?
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Both fast and slow responses were slower after sleep loss .
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Neither a simple arousal model nor lapse theory is adequate on its own to explain the complex effects of sleep loss .
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This explanation of sleep loss effects in terms of lowered arousal is further supported by studies on selective attention.
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It does not necessarily follow that sleep loss would cause these symptoms in otherwise normal individuals.
pattern
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Normal sleep patterns at this stage have however been reported in a group with known severe brain abnormalities.
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The sleep patterns of chronic alcoholics are usually quite abnormal.
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Some women suffer from sleeplessness during the menopause and return to more regular sleep patterns later on.
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They often experience disrupted, fragmented sleep not unlike the sleep patterns of people in old age.
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Disturbed sleep patterns may also be one symptom of depression, which requires medical help.
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Babies born to women who did not abstain from drinking during pregnancy also tend to exhibit abnormal sleep patterns after birth.
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His sleep pattern might look something like that shown in fig. 2.2.
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Has experienced a change in one of the following: appetite, sleep patterns , concentration or energy levels? 3.
problem
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The perceived impact of the sleep problem fell considerably during the duration of the group.
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Homeopathic doctors agree that chronic sleep problems require constitutional, professional treatment.
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As his sleep problem developed, he could only manage two or three hours of sleep, frequently disturbed by vivid dreams.
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Even after chronic alcoholics give up booze, their sleep problems may not end.
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In these cases sleep problems can sometimes be temporarily treated with sleeping pills. 4.
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Once the transient sleep problem has passed, stop taking the sleeping pills.
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It has also been proven to combat anxiety, depression, sleep problems , and panic attacks.
stage
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Sleep and sleep stages Sleep is not a single process, as we know from our own experiences.
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It seems to have a minimal effect on sleep stages and therefore is thought to promote a more natural sleep.
■ VERB
catch
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Once they had settled when and where, he climbed back into bed, hoping to catch another hour of sleep .
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We were rescued by Truc who had again been trying to catch up on his sleep farther down the open carriage.
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Open the door, three steps forward, turn right, there he is, catch him in his sleep .
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We told him that you had been out all night and that you were catching up on some sleep .
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I can always catch up with my sleep later on this morning.
cry
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He remembered the night when Rose had cried out in her sleep - something about a child.
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Carol was dying, and he cried out in his sleep and sat up trembling with cold sweats in the heat.
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Life was suspended ... Once Damian cried out in his sleep , and fell silent again.
die
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Emily Carr died peacefully in her sleep in March of 1945.
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She remained serene and calm with no need for the pain medication until the next afternoon when she died in her sleep .
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He died in his sleep on 22 February 1986 and was buried in Wymondham.
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Mr Kelly, who had suffered strokes in 1994 and 1995, died in his sleep , his publicist said.
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She died in her sleep while dreaming that she was teaching geography, her mind quite lucid again.
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Buster died in his sleep a few days later.
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And to die in one's sleep without distress to oneself or inconvenience to others is an enviable end.
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But Lafferty enjoyed that wealth only a short time, dying in his sleep Nov. 4.
disturb
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A late crow said a word as her entry through the open drive gate disturbed his first sleep .
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Conversely, disturbed sleep patterns can cause periods to become irregular or stop altogether.
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For several nights afterwards nightmares of violence and death disturbed normally peaceful sleep .
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The Catskills peace and quiet deep Have been too much disturbed for sleep .
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Do not disturb this sleep unless there are other indications that the child is not sleeping a peaceful, healing sleep.
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A frequently cited study conducted in Los Angeles yielded some interesting results concerning noise and how it disturbs sleep .
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Afterward, he lay beside her, not moving, not wanting to disturb the deep sleep into which Nina usually drifted.
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Playing Desert Storm on my Sega console had not only eroded my morals, it had disturbed my beauty sleep .
drift
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Even if the man drifted close to sleep , which the stillness encouraged, the union remained unbroken.
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She had passed out there-or perhaps just lain down and drifted into sleep .
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Whenever he drifts toward sleep he feels close to distinguishing the words.
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As soon as she drifted into sleep , she was back in the Close, her gaze locked on the white huddled figure.
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Bobby must have drifted into sleep for he was wakened by a knock at the door.
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Tired after two performances that day, she began to drift between sleep and wakefulness.
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With the sedative, Marek drifted into sleep but he did not wake up.
fall
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Corbett fell into a light sleep and was awakened by Ranulf with the news that the ferrymaster had returned.
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As soon as the rhythmic motion of the cart began Willie fell into a disjointed sleep .
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Sethe felt herself falling into a sleep she knew would be deep.
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Then he became dopey and fell into a deep sleep that lasted for several hours.
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Immediately, however, a deadly languor took possession of her and she fell into a heavy sleep .
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In the circle of Edward's arm she fell into a dreamless sleep .
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More often I fell into uneasy sleep myself.
get
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Get enough exercise. Get enough rest and sleep .
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But most of the earlier crowd of four thousand had left to get some sleep .
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I suppose I got a bit of sleep last night.
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I answered that I thought we should all get some sleep .
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Then Sikes told Oliver to get some sleep as they would be going out again later that night.
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And a profitable one. Get some sleep , Bernie.
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She had to get some sleep .
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About 4 am things quietened down, and we went home to get a spot of sleep .
go
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Lying waiting for the family to go to sleep , she had begun to lose courage.
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Instantly, she fell on the bed in the room and went into a deep sleep .
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Think about it when you look into my eyes, and before you go to sleep .
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Each night, I went to bed praying that I would not let go in my own sleep .
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When Marguerite went to bed, Jenna went too, but sleep was far from her.
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She could go two days without sleep and was amused by the test she was undergoing.
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There he climbs into bed and goes to sleep .
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Have a meal on those roots and then go underground and sleep .
let
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He was sleepy now, he was resting. Let him have his sleep out.
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Negotiators decided to let du Pont sleep Saturday night undisturbed.
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Every word stops me turning away and closing my eyes, to block it out, to let me retreat into sleep .
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Karen felt herself in turmoil, felt the horrible excitement of the car attack would never let her sleep .
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Pins and needles can even hurt so much that we would almost prefer to let the leg sleep on.
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I kept that up until dawn, when the search party returned, Esmerelda-less, then I let myself go to sleep .
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She screamed when he wouldn't let her sleep with him.
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Since they wouldn't let her sleep , she drank tea.
lose
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He lost sleep , his mind churning, piling up imaginary complaints and magnifying them.
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Good, I hope you lose a lot more sleep .
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Not that Faldo will lose any sleep .
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And so I lose sleep over mute facts and frayed ends and missing witnesses.
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But not enough to lose sleep .
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Some experts believe that adrenaline provides the body with the extra boost it needs to make up for lost sleep .
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Voice over Pavarotti and friends won't be losing too much sleep over this lot.
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John Garner is losing sleep these nights, wondering what to do with his dwindling herd of cattle.
need
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He desperately needed sleep and a decent meal.
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After last night, after any of these nights lately, I was so physically exhausted, I really needed sleep !
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Periodically there are press reports of otherwise healthy individuals who need no sleep at all.
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Not much need for sleep , much less to spend any time with his family.
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If your tossing and turning is taking up needed sleep time, insomnia may be the culprit.
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Even the detail of needing a sleep in the afternoon.
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His family thinks he needs to get more sleep at night.
try
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Tea will be up shortly, and then I want you to try and get some sleep .
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I shut my eyes and try to go to sleep , but there's too much going on to sleep.
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The journey takes about eight-and-a-half hours. Try to get some sleep .
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The party's finally over for this man and the street can now try and get some sleep .
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Now, Piper, you try to get some sleep .
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I try to go to sleep again, but I ain't sleepy, and I get all fidgety.
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Closing her eyes, she tried to regain sleep that had never seemed more elusive.
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I'd been trying to go to sleep .
wake
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The media corps were not dressed much better as they tossed on whatever was nearest after being woken from a deep sleep .
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It was about this time that Dorothy woke from her long sleep and opened her eyes.
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The Gods are never so dangerous as when they wake from sleep .
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They also delay sleep onset, increase the chances of waking after sleep onset occurs, and decrease total sleep time.
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Katherine woke from restless sleep and groggily studied her whereabouts.
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I was woken from a deep sleep by frantic shouts above.
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Taczek leant back, slung his arms behind his head and stretched his chunky arms as if waking from a deep sleep .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a good night's sleep
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All you need is a good night's sleep.
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Night before 1 Try to ensure a good night's sleep. 2 Alleviate any anxiety if possible.
disturbed sleep
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Conversely, disturbed sleep patterns can cause periods to become irregular or stop altogether.
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Sarah experiences more or less constant pain from a back problem, indigestion, and disturbed sleep.
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This may be associated with disturbed sleep and irritability and so the scratching may not be noticed.
lapse into unconsciousness/silence/sleep etc
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But ultimately, words fail them and they lapse into silence.
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I would talk and laugh with my companions but withdraw, lapsing into silence, when I was offered any food.
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Soon after that she would lapse into sleep, then unconsciousness, then a state of deep coma.
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Without my prompting, Jack often lapsed into silence.
light sleep/doze
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About two hours every night is spent in light sleep.
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Corbett fell into a light sleep and was awakened by Ranulf with the news that the ferrymaster had returned.
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I'd been in a light sleep.
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Stages 1 and 2 are stages of light sleep, just drifting off and being asleep but easily aroused.
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Then a sudden wave of exhaustion swept over her, and she slid into a light doze.
not get a wink of sleep/not sleep a wink
sleep deeply
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After three doses, she slept deeply , waking intermittently during the night only to urinate.
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He slept deeply and when he awoke he was refreshed.
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He slept deeply until around 9.30, when he arose, breakfasted, and took his children out for a walk.
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Lily at his side was sleeping deeply , breathing softly.
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Now and again he would reach a hand over to the boy but he slept deeply through the night.
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One man slept deeply , the other lightly and Aicha not at all.
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She felt numb and tired and surprised herself by managing to sleep deeply and well.
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Stephen settled on his back and slept deeply .
sleep heavily
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Exhausted by the horrors of that day, I slept heavily .
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He was still sleeping heavily , in almost the same position they'd left him in.
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They had all slept heavily , the sleep if not of the just, of the innocent and artless.
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When finally she slept, she slept heavily , dreamlessly.
sleep rough
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Hundreds of homeless people have to sleep rough every night in London.
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I was forced to sleep rough that night in a disused warehouse.
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The number of teenagers sleeping rough on the streets is on the increase.
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A chap who had slept rough for more than 20 years was invited to offer ideas on how it should be run.
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And he's often had to sleep rough .
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As a result we have seen a sharp fall in the numbers who sleep rough on our streets.
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How long he'd been sleeping rough no one could tell.
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Many people in neighbouring buildings were also hurt as were a number of beggars sleeping rough on the pavement.
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Now it's in urgent need of blankets to lend to those forced to sleep rough .
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Others are left to wander or sleep rough .
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She lost precious belongings in her days of sleeping rough .
stupid with cold/sleep/shock etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A sudden noise on the street woke Eileen from a deep sleep .
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Depression can be caused simply by a lack of sleep .
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Eight hours' sleep a night is enough for most people.
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Grandad died peacefully in his sleep .
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I don't suppose you got much sleep last night.
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Katie sometimes talks in her sleep .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lot of mineralization is needed to create a sedative effect, calm the nerves and promote sound sleep .
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Depending on the amount of sleep you get every night, you can experience anywhere from four to six sleep cycles.
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Easy, do it in my sleep .
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He had already dropped into the depths of sleep .
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Her sleep had been very disturbed.
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Lumberjack sprawled on the tiles at her feet, whining softly in his sleep like a damp log on a fire.
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Mike came up on Wednesday night after virtually no sleep since leaving my house on Monday at 3.30 am.