Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] children " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once through the Suez Canal and into the Red Sea the ‘ black out ’ rule was relaxed somewhat and you children then enjoyed the warmth and the swimming pool , and the kindly Scots captain who greeted Mig every morning with ‘ Hoo 's Maggie the morn ? ’ and the nice stewardess who had taught Mig to reply in a Scots voice , ‘ Maggie 's fine , thank you for spierin' ( asking ) . ’ |
| 2 | Dad always did the washing up on Sundays and we children all had our jobs . |
| 3 | My parents lived in constant awareness of the big house and its occupants , and we children were imbued with the problem of what the squire and his household would think of any action or behaviour . |
| 4 | And we children were always there , |
| 5 | And er when that was done the washing the mangle was always in the yard , in the backyard , the old mangle with the wooden rollers and it was quite an effort to turn and we children very often ha to give a turn . |
| 6 | But we children thought we too were master horsemen . |