Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a child " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you will remember from Chapter 2 Alexander himself suffered from asthma very badly as a child . |
| 2 | Perhaps as a child Joyce simply knew that she did not like birds and felt uneasy if one came near her . |
| 3 | You need an empty picture frame big enough for a child to put his head in comfortably . |
| 4 | Designaknit is simple enough for a child to use . |
| 5 | Yale make one at around £5 which allows windows to open a bit for ventilation but not enough for a child to squeeze through . |
| 6 | It seemed hardly large enough for a child . |
| 7 | It was never properly looked after and could sometimes have as much as two inches of muddy water in it — enough for a child to drown in if he fell over . |
| 8 | and she brings back a few bits , not enough for a child . |
| 9 | Mea culpa , mea culpa , said Preston to himself , as he had said aloud as a child at Mass with neither thought nor understanding then , mea maxima culpa . |
| 10 | Apparently as a child she used to do it quite often . |
| 11 | So that er , Woodrow could experience a full sense of self , to actually relate back to his himself , which er , Wilson er , experienced only as a child . |
| 12 | ‘ You probably were n't smacked enough as a child . |
| 13 | Heaven knew , she 'd had the lessons drummed into her often enough as a child . |
| 14 | One of CD 's favourite books , which , like David Copperfield , he devoured eagerly as a child . |
| 15 | I grew up close to my godmother so as a child I was inoculated with the theatre . |
| 16 | ‘ If he was a priority , six months is a long time , especially for a child . |
| 17 | 74% took public transport alone as a child . |
| 18 | Cranston snored gently like a child , muttering now and again and smacking his lips . |
| 19 | If the PRO felt that a number of different editors were interested in such a picture he might decide to take two or three different shots : one perhaps with a child drawing or learning to write , another in an office setting and another in the home with a woman writing a shopping list . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , Harry ! ’ she said suddenly in a child 's wail of reproach , and fell on her knees by him , flinging her arms round him . |
| 21 | Any unexpected impairment of use of the injured part , such as being unable to weight-bear on an injured leg or limited and painful use of a wrist after a fall , especially in a child . |
| 22 | Asthma can be a very frightening condition , especially in a child . |
| 23 | The thirty he had looked would seem old enough to a child of eleven . |
| 24 | It was covered in paintings and crayon drawings , obviously by a child of preschool age . |
| 25 | Just for a child to know that someone will be interested in her work or to have the opportunity to do something for someone else and know it will be appreciated can significantly change the child 's attitude to the task . |
| 26 | I had never been very well coordinated physically as a child . |
| 27 | She may understand that this habit is one that develops in many otherwise unselfish old people when their powers of concentration begin to weaken slightly , just as a child tosses an unwanted toy out of its pram , and that no hurt is intended . |
| 28 | Go on , push yourself up on the handles and let the trolley take you for a ride , just like a child ! |
| 29 | He 's just like a child , Joe thought , it 's as if I 've taken his toys away from him . |
| 30 | " And you forgive me ? " he repeated , just like a child . |