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But if I fall asleep and the microphone hits the floor, just cut me off.
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"Some nights I fall asleep with my shoes on, " said Mr. Smith.
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If you have to leave, wait till I fall asleep, O.
NEWYORKER: Miss Lora
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From the time I roll out of the cot at 6 a.m. to the time I fall asleep after midnight, I get to do what I love nonstop.
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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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At night: As I sit quietly in the dark and stretch my arms out between them, while my boys fall asleep, I ask myself: Should I close my eyes or should I think through our next email campaign, or sales tactic?
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All I did when they visited was cry in sympathy for their worry over me, or fall asleep, but after they left I missed them.
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The Gangnam Style dance looks rather like trying to energetically ride a horse with your underpants on fire so I contemplate leaping around my hotel room in similar vein in an attempt to tire myself out and thus fall asleep before the early morning client meeting I have just flown nearly 9, 000 kilometres to attend.
FORBES: North to the border, Gangnam-style.
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After she left, I drank some orange juice and then lay back and tried to fall asleep.
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Sometimes I was drinking a bottle of whisky and I couldn't even get drunk, so I'd go onto two bottles of whisky a day, wake up, fall asleep, wake up, start again.
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To transition the older ones to sleep at the same time (they share a room) I started sitting between their beds and stretching out my arms so that they can each hold a hand as they fall asleep.
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