VERB + SLEEP
- drift into/off to, drop off to, get to, go (back) to
- cry/sob yourself to
- get, sleep, snatch
- Close your eyes and get some sleep now. Tom was in the front room sleeping the sleep of the dead. I snatched a few hours' sleep in the afternoon
- need
- survive on
- They seem to survive on only a few hours' sleep a night
- induce, lull/send sb to
- using drugs to induce sleep The quiet music soon sent her to sleep
- drift in and out of
- He drifted in and out of sleep all night
- lose
- Don't lose sleep over it?we'll sort everything out in the morning
- disrupt
- catch up on
- I used Saturday to catch up on my sleep
- feign
- I feigned sleep when the ticket inspector came round
SLEEP + VERB
- come
- Sleep came to her in snatches
- overcome sb, overtake sb
- Sleep finally overtook me
SLEEP + NOUN
- pattern
- deprivation, loss
- apnoea
PREP
- during ~
- your heart rate during sleep
- in your ~
- He often walks and talks in his sleep
PHRASES
- a lack of sleep
- suffering from a lack of sleep
- a wink of sleep
- I won't get a wink of sleep with that noise downstairs
ADJ
- long
- little, short
- dead, deep, heavy, sound
- good, restful
- light
- disturbed, exhausted, fitful, restless, uneasy
- I woke up early after a disturbed sleep
- dreamless, peaceful
- drunken
- beauty
- Sorry but I need my beauty sleep
VERB + SLEEP
- need
- have
- Did you have a good sleep?
- be in
- I was in a deep sleep when the phone rang
- drift into, fall into, sink into
- I immediately fell into a dead sleep
- awake/awaken/wake (sb) from
- He woke from a fitful sleep with a headache
PHRASES
- a (good/poor) night's sleep
- You'll feel better after a good night's sleep