Example sentences of "[be] still [art] child " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're still a child , ’ he said softly , as evenly as he could . |
| 2 | ‘ If I ca n't find your father and talk to him , I must ask you , my dear child — you are still a child , appearances to the contrary — to come home with us of your own accord . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You are still a child , ’ he pointed out scathingly . |
| 4 | ‘ You have never got out of the childish habit of trying to do several things at once , ’ Sally had said to her once ; Sally , so cool , so contained , so efficient she sometimes made Harriet feel as if she were still a child , though of course she would never admit it . |
| 5 | He is still a child , but old enough to understand about old times ' sake . |
| 6 | He is still a child , but old enough to understand about old times ' sake . |
| 7 | He is still a child of nature as well as being a child of the spirit , and the practice of non-violence requires a great deal of discipline and courage . |
| 8 | Miranda is still a child , she thought . |
| 9 | Loved by two generations , Babar is still every child 's favourite elephant . |
| 10 | It 's still a child 's guide to sexism : children may be unconvinced , especially by the boys ' latent gallantry ( ‘ They 'd kick her , I mean him ’ ) , and adults may find the story a touch contrived , but it 's a good read . |
| 11 | He 's still a child . |
| 12 | ‘ When I was fifteen my mother thought I was still a child … but that year I discovered life , rock and roll and love with a boy named Brownie Hansen … ’ |
| 13 | While he was still a child , the family 's black servants had taught him to make clay models of animals , using thorns for their horns , and how to paint on stones using natural colours . |
| 14 | He gave me an orange card that advertised his status as PROFESSIONAL SURFER. but he was still a child at heart and surfing was still a game . |
| 15 | His widow , Anna-Maria St Albyn , did not choose to live in so isolated a place , and her great nephew , heir to the estate , was still a child . |
| 16 | I came to England when I was 9 , that would have been in 1961 , and that 's when I saw the world for what it 's all about , I was still a child but I saw it , the black and white thing , it was a reality . |
| 17 | This emphasis on income rather than influence was appropriate in the endowment of a royal duke who was still a child , but once Gloucester came of age his lack of a suitable power base was less acceptable . |
| 18 | Xanthe did n't carry money , in this respect at least she was still a child . |
| 19 | I was still a child no matter how grown up I felt . |
| 20 | This emphasis on income rather than influence was appropriate in the endowment of a royal duke who was still a child , but once Gloucester came of age his lack of a suitable power base was less acceptable . |
| 21 | Leonora Fox was the youngest of three children born rather late to parents who had died when their last-born was still a child . |