Examples of 'had been asleep' in a sentence

Meaning of "had been asleep"

had been asleep - This phrase is typically used to indicate that someone was in a state of sleep or unconsciousness at a specific point in the past. It suggests that the person was not awake or aware during that period

How to use "had been asleep" in a sentence

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had been asleep
I had been asleep for over seven hours.
He then turned to the patient who had been asleep.
Cheney had been asleep in the backseat.
It seemed that everybody had gone somewhere while he had been asleep.
It had been asleep for centuries and my sorrow woke it.
It appeared that she had been asleep when she was stabbed.
They had apparently stopped while he had been asleep.
A beast that had been asleep for a long time.
I was waking up a part of myself that had been asleep for years.
He had been asleep more than four hours.
It felt like she had been asleep for a week.
She had been asleep when the accident happened.
They did not realize they had been asleep for such a long time.
He had been asleep for sometime when he was awakened by a voice calling him.
Summer returned and awakened life that had been asleep too long.

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As if he had been asleep for days.
Her father again came into the bedroom after she had been asleep.
It appeared all had been asleep at the time of the murders.
When John finally awoke it felt like he had been asleep for days.
I also had been asleep.
To her own amazement Catlin suddenly realized she had been asleep.
He had been asleep but awoke when he heard the door open.
The father had awoken to realize that he had been asleep for nearly five hours.
She had been asleep with her mouth open and she was thirsty.
Ed as If she had been asleep p the.
It was four in the morning and of course Sari had been asleep.
Jun Huang had been asleep for a long time.
Or maybe I was the one who had been asleep.
But it felt like I had been asleep for at least a couple of hours.
I asked him how long I had been asleep.
I wish I had been asleep and did not find out.
It would have been better if I had been asleep.
He further stated that he had been asleep during the capture of the sloop Francis.
As I roused to consciousness it seemed to me I had been asleep.
I felt like I had been asleep for a month.
When they brought me back all I felt was as if I had been asleep.
My brothers and I had been asleep in the back seat.
I had been asleep so I did not know about it.
A nurse told me that I had been asleep for two days.
He had been asleep in front of the fire, lulled by its warmth.
I then realized that I had been asleep for quite a while.
She had been asleep on her bed and didn't hear him approach.
You are right that I had been asleep.
After I had been asleep two or.
He now called the rest of the crew, who had been asleep in the cabin.
As though she had been asleep and hadn't known what was happening.
Harry felt a start, as if he had been asleep until now.
Augustus had been asleep in his room, but was awakened by Fanny 's screams of terror.
Shoquist, it appeared that she had been asleep when she was stabbed.
As if I had been asleep for a long time, and I was just now waking up.

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