"A couple of pictures on the bedside table fell over, " he said.

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"On the bedside table" is a must, he notes.

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There were flowers on the bedside table.

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When I fall asleep at night, I turn away from gazing at my husband beside me to gaze upon the faces of our children, in plain silver frames on our bedside table (that is, unless one of the three of them has decided to invade our bed, in which case I am gazing at their faces from far too close up).

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Soon Carla Devade and Marc Devade will be together, and she will shout, and he will shout, and she will go to the bedroom and pick up a novel, any one of the many that are lying on her bedside table, and he will sit at his desk and try to write but fail.

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The Bhagavad Gita and yoga sutra texts on his bedside table are believably well-worn.

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She puts it on her bedside table alongside a daylight simulation lamp and sets them both to come on in the morning to help her gradually wake up and then feel like getting out of bed.

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ViewSonic plans to sell small, easy-to-use consoles that can fit in the corner of a kitchen, and touch-sensitive tablets that can be left by a bedside or on a coffee table.

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