Sentence examples for it was asleep from inspiring English sources
Kino had the distinct impression that as long as it was asleep in a corner nothing bad would happen.
Then, when I land and turn my phone back on, it's tied up for seven minutes, furiously downloading all of those "text messages" that happened while it was asleep, frantically vibrating or dinging.
Mr Lansley has ended up stubbornly mired in messy amendments, while Number 10, as one former strategist puts it, "was asleep at the wheel" and failed to see a political disaster looming.
After it was asleep, rescuers worked on cutting away the strings.
A few years later, in the wake of criticism that it was asleep at the wheel when disgraced for-profit chain Corinthian Colleges Inc. ran into financial trouble, the Education Department formed a "multi-regional review team" that is responsible for monitoring large and publicly traded school groups, according to its most recent annual report.
Gently and slowly place it into its crib once it's asleep.
Without it, you have to charge from a computer's USB jack — and even then, the Kindle doesn't charge unless it's asleep or its brightness is turned down.
My daughter stood over it, splayed out as if it were asleep but for the gashes on its hind legs and the blood pooling from its mouth.
"My foot feels numb, like it's asleep," Adrianne said, through a fog of pain medication.
However, I'd expect such calls to be made while you're using the PC, not when it's asleep.
