Example sentences of "[adv] to [pos pn] mother " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it stood , it consisted of a multi-volume jumble of vers libre , written over many years , some in the form of letters , especially to her mother — ‘ if I sent her a letter she sent me some money — so I kept on writing ’ — listing the men she 'd known . |
| 2 | [ John ] wished me to say for him everything that was kind to all , especially to his mother , sisters , and Mrs. Cleave and Mrs. Stuart , also Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell . |
| 3 | After a bit she got up again and crept down to her mother 's room . |
| 4 | Marie Marie was going down to her mother 's she was running as usual , she dashed up to our back door and said , is Doug around ? |
| 5 | after that we sort of passed it on to the one next you know what to expect , but if it was down to my mother she 'd never tell you . |
| 6 | Picking up her skirts , she hurried out and along to her mother 's room . |
| 7 | He could n't find Wes in his room so to his mother said bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I love him , tell Wesley I need him tell Wesley I may be late , I 've something to do that can not wait . |
| 8 | He could n't find Wes in his room so to his mother said bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I love him , tell Wesley I need him tell Wesley I may be late , I 've something to do that can not wait . |
| 9 | Kate answered it and went back in to her mother . |
| 10 | He learns about his father 's weak spirit , which caved in to his mother 's strength ; how his father committed adultery with Harry 's aunt and tried to kill his mother ; how his father deserted the family when Harry was eight years old . |
| 11 | To let him in to his mother for a suck , |
| 12 | She addressed Lizzie now , saying , ‘ Have you been in to your mother ? ’ |
| 13 | Emmie was only a baby , a wandering-eyed little animal , belonging entirely to her mother . |
| 14 | She guarded her secret carefully , terrified she was going to suffer from morning sickness , which might give the game away to her mother , but she 'd been lucky . |
| 15 | So close to Paris , it would be expensive , and Alain must indeed be successful in his work too if he could afford simply to give his share away to his mother . |
| 16 | He simply ran a wire from his bedroom under the carpet and downstairs to his mother 's phone , it was alleged . |
| 17 | Picking up the child , who was breathing in gulps like an oarsman at the end of a race , Thomas bent down to save her sculptures and carried her through to her mother . |
| 18 | Say you could n't get through to your mother . |
| 19 | As for castrating the piglets , it 's done in a second and they 're passed over to their mother without a clue that their whole lifestyle has been changed . ’ |
| 20 | She had planned to get over to her mother 's by the afternoon , but the day had been so rare that neither of them could bear to finish it . |
| 21 | David responded to the teasing by walking over to his mother , putting an arm around her thin shoulders and dropping a kiss on to her smooth hair . |
| 22 | Edward walked over to his mother . |
| 23 | Oh yes er I think somebody kept it around father 's day , a chap named , but it was a beautiful old place and he always , because my father always used to erm start off about seven o'clock in the morning to walk down to Walkers and er call in at the White Hart because they were open at six o'clock in the morning , for a rum and coffee for about tuppence or thruppence , then he always used to er go to his mother 's for his breakfast and er he used to go down and see all the men start off and then , then slip over to his mother 's , she lived on the Road and er she , for years and years this went on that he had his break he never had his breakfast at home he 'd start off going down there and come back to his mother 's , but he always stopped at the White Hart for his rum and coffee |
| 24 | Ring up Ted and Linda and see while they 're going over to your mother 's we 'll go over to Aberystwyth . |
| 25 | Throughout its early life , the calf stays close to its mother , positioning itself above the midline and forward of her dorsal fin . |
| 26 | Slightly wobbly at first , the kid soon learns to stand and to stay close to its mother . |
| 27 | By the second year the young orang is becoming more independent , though it still keeps close to its mother . |
| 28 | It was a strange situation , which must have made a lasting impression on Richard , who was more than usually close to his mother . |
| 29 | Then , as she climbed into the back seat , she added loyally to her mother , ‘ But it does n't have nice blue seats like ours does ! ’ |
| 30 | Either an eminent barrister , Matthew decided , about to buy his wife — not his mistress , not with that hair — some expensive bauble , or else he worked in Fortnum 's , down in Piccadilly , where all the salesmen dressed like that , and was just showing off to his mother . |