noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
light
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He was a light sleeper , for long periods an insomniac.
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Sunlight coming through a nearby window or the sound of an early morning garbage truck can disturb a light sleeper .
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She was always a light sleeper , uncannily sensitive even in sleep to the ring of the telephone.
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People who say they are disturbed by noise at night may just happen to be light sleepers .
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I hoped he was a light sleeper .
■ NOUN
railway
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Huge pyres of old railway sleepers and fence posts are being built to burn the bodies.
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Dioxins were released from the wooden railway sleepers used to burn carcasses.
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All those railway sleepers we'd unloaded now formed a substantial complex of enclosures and conjoining gates.
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You couldn't just nail railway sleepers to one another because they were too big.
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The able-bodied had to saw up old railway sleepers and then chop up the pieces for sale as firewood.
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For a stouter edging you could use sections of railway sleeper .
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The Vincent Arms is an old building with pseudo black beams made from railway sleepers .
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It was used for industries from match making to house construction, from pit props to railway sleepers .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a light sleeper
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He was a light sleeper, for long periods an insomniac.
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I hoped he was a light sleeper.
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She was always a light sleeper, uncannily sensitive even in sleep to the ring of the telephone.
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Sunlight coming through a nearby window or the sound of an early morning garbage truck can disturb a light sleeper.
heavy sleeper
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Mrs Fairfax is a heavy sleeper, like most old people, and didn't hear anything.
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Or else she had become a heavy sleeper over the years.
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Some people who sleep next to snorers are able to tune out the sound, if they are heavy sleepers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He's a restless sleeper , kicking and thrashing about throughout the night.
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He had booked on tomorrow night's sleeper , and would head up to Oban on Friday.
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Many sleepers are disturbed by light that pervades their eyelids when they have their eyes closed.
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Often what is perceived as insomnia by an older sleeper is only a change in sleep length and sleep quality.
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People who say they are disturbed by noise at night may just happen to be light sleepers.
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She's good at that too, an accomplished sleeper , with childish face.
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The air exerts pressure on the airway, holding it open and allowing the sleeper to breathe normally.