sleeping partner BrE
silent partner AmE

At first she thought it was the stray hand of a sleeping partner.

Suited to a sleeping partner, his room was at the back, free from disturbance.

The result was approximately one third of the then 400 workforce becoming sleeping partners.

Grinding can be noisy enough at night to bother sleeping partners.

That lovely, fragile creature was a lot more than a sleeping partner.

This is done as a prank or by accident to one's sleeping partner.

In almost all societies, sleeping partners are strongly regulated by social standards.

Did he mean a sleeping partner as well?

Your sleeping partner will jerk awake crying something about an egg.

You remember how he became sleeping partner in a printing house, and so involved himself in its failure.

It is clear that mercantile capital was often provided by men of means, whether they themselves were active or sleeping partners in the business.

When you can hold it for five seconds, lie in bed next to your sleeping partner and do it.

Its a superb reading lamp that does not annoy your sleeping partner.

If you think your sleeping partner may have periods when breathing stops, suggest that he or she talk with a doctor.

He turned and smiled at his sleeping partner.

I'm purely a sleeping partner, a provider of capital!

Hollis became the sole proprietor from 1804, having bought out his sleeping partner.

Baring's brother John remained a sleeping partner until his retirement in late 1800.

In 2007, he said his only sleeping partner was Alik, his cat.

Sleeping partners invest money in the business and share in its profits, but do not take part in running it.

Hargrove subsequently bought the shares in the business of his two sleeping partners.

He loved a good poke, but he had no money to buy himself a good looking sleeping partner.

He was headed for his third when one of his mother's sleeping partners left a wallet in his pants.

Other symptoms are snoring, snorting, and gasping sounds when you sleep - often first noticed by a sleeping partner.

I'll be a sleeping partner, maybe a gate to some military contracts, but essentially it'll be your field.'

I thought once again of that night I'd found her with the silent partner photo.

All it means is that I become a silent partner in your body.

He is also said to be a major silent partner among the leadership of the company.

I can stay out of sight - you a silent partner.

I had a silent partner, a very close friend who went to Cuba after the war.

But it would not agree to be a silent partner, sources said.

His silent partners never let go of their hold on him."

The family holding is owned by about 26 silent partners.

Michael Chance was the main investor along with a few silent partners.

"You're a silent partner, whether you like it or not."

I was a silent partner in his abuse of you."

Some time next day, he was convinced, if not sooner, his three silent partners would come together.

So maybe I am looking for a silent partner or partners."

"And in autumn he decided to introduce you to your real silent partners."

He crooked a finger at the silent partner standing on the bank.

"I could be a silent partner, if you think it's best.

He now has two silent partners, whom he would not name.

In another duet, a man kept asking his silent partner what he had said.

The study suggests that there may be a "silent partner" for women who want babies.

No longer are stockings the silent partner in business attire.

"Naturally, it will be given to my successor and you, his silent partner."

And the Navy has become the industry's silent partner.

He was possibly a silent partner in the bookmaking business as well.

Maybe my silent partners in Washington are beginning to crawl out of their sewers.

Morally and practically, the West became the silent partner in their persecution.