Can you get herpes from a bed sheet? for example if someone with herpes slept on your bed and then you slept on it the next day? also does washing the bed sheet in the washing machine kill the herpes virus?

You will not get herpes from bed sheets. Washing will kill the virus. Visit this site for information : https://medlineplus.gov/herpessimplex.html

Herpes virus transmission is not likely in above mentioned circumstances, check cdc.gov for reliable information, transmission is direct, person to person, not through inanimate surfaces.

Herpes is a virus that is contracted from one person to another by sex or close contact. The virus would have dried up on the sheets by the next day. Washing the sheets will kill any droplets or other bacteria present.