Example sentences of "mother [coord] [pron] [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | At local level , voluntary welfare organizations , usually run on a diocesan basis , often act as agents for the local authority in providing facilities for the reception of unmarried mothers and some provide long-term accommodation for mothers and their growing children or general social work help as long as it is necessary . |
2 | Start by concentrating on one person , perhaps addressing your mother or your best friend and then , when you see them smiling back and you gather confidence , turn to the rest of the audience . |
3 | IN an apparent racial attack , black gunmen wielding AK47 rifles yesterday sprayed bullets at random at white motorists near Johannesburg , killing a mother and her 14-year-old son and seriously wounding three other people . |
4 | AN insurance clerk told a jury yesterday he was unaware he had run down a mother and her two daughters as he tried to escape from a man in car who had threatened him . |
5 | ‘ She leads him a right dance , ’ the nans would say , during their daily exchange of news and analysis in the queue at the butcher 's , until finally she danced off for good and all and left him with his mother and his clapped-out BSA and his jars of Brylcreem and his collection of 78 records and a lifetime 's cumulation of unarticulated resentments . |