Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pos pn] mother " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Moira was in her twenties when she decided to search for her mother . |
| 2 | I ca n't imagine he has ever had to search for his mother , or had narcolepsy , or become a hustler , yet he does all three so brilliantly in the film it breaks your heart . |
| 3 | In one situation , a younger daughter was being constantly criticized by her older sister for the way she cared for their mother . |
| 4 | They say that until his death he cared for their mother , who 's disabled with polio . |
| 5 | By his romantic rise to fame and fortune and his great philanthropy to those who cared for his mother , James Macrae was a credit to the land of his birth . |
| 6 | Can I explain about my mother ? ’ |
| 7 | She felt sure that one of those burning houses was her own and fear for her mother drove her on . |
| 8 | There was some long-time-not-see and he asked about her mother . |
| 9 | I asked for my Mother to be brought from the UK to give me comfort in my husband 's place , it took 3 weeks for this to happen . |
| 10 | The knight cries for his mother |
| 11 | I do n't know about her mother . |
| 12 | Merrill smiled , then after a moment said hesitantly , ‘ I do n't know about your mother 's reactions , of course , but are you sure it 's the kind of surprise Luke will appreciate ? |
| 13 | ‘ Did you know about my mother ? ’ |
| 14 | Psychologists used to think that the affection-love bond that a baby has for its mother is based on the fact that the mother provides food and satisfies the infant 's hunger drive . |
| 15 | The boy was a wicked little bastard , but he had the right to know about his mother 's illness . |
| 16 | This ungiving endurance is admired by working-class boys who grow up to write about their mothers ' flinty courage . |
| 17 | We 've rung for her mother who 's going to come and take her home . |
| 18 | That we would wait for our mother to come home from work with ‘ Lucky Packets ’ full of sherbet , that most of our childhood had been outdoors and here we were inside , with our dad home again , our dad who we had n't seen for four years , here we were having crossed the equator with nine suitcases , where flying fish leapt from the sea , to be in this place . |
| 19 | She deserted her artist 's studio in Chelsea to work for her mother 's Women 's Social and Political Union when it transferred from Manchester to London in 1905 and became honorary secretary . |
| 20 | ‘ You presume to worry about your mother 's safety , ’ he countered thoughtfully , ‘ yet you are indignant when the tables are turned ? ’ |
| 21 | Mr. J. praised the nurses who had looked after his mother , and did not blame them in any way for her death . |
| 22 | Could Miss Hatherby know of her mother 's affair ? |
| 23 | " Tell me , " he said , very softly , " what do you know of your mother 's past . " |
| 24 | as if the children had n't heard her or were not aware of her presence , they all ran back towards the side of the house , and there they stood as a group , staring at the man with the short legs and the girl with hair that looked almost white , walking towards their mother . |
| 25 | She kisses me softly on the forehead and wraps me in her arms so securely I 'm reminded of my mother . |
| 26 | Being cradled against her mother 's soft warm body , Dot tried to feel like a baby , to remember what she had seen through the crack in the double doors as Gloria had cradled Baby against her while the nurses gathered round with protective outstretched arms . |
| 27 | She 's got Ruth , a Shirley 's Ann , to me , looks more like Judith than she looks like her mother . |
| 28 | It looks looks looks like my mother , yeah dun n it . |
| 29 | Oh it looks like your mother . |
| 30 | And should everyone act like his mother , society would grind to a halt . |