Example sentences of "do [prep] a child " in BNC.
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| 1 | Angela did n't ride , though she had done as a child . |
| 2 | Silly and stupid , the sort of thing he might have done as a child , pathetic for a man of his age . |
| 3 | ‘ What can I do for a child ? ’ |
| 4 | What happened next , was done by a child ‘ who had suffered years of subtle torture at the hands of a madman whose twisted mind helped him justify all his crimes ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ It was done by a child who saw no end to his nightmare other than this … ’ |
| 6 | How to keep doing what one enjoyed doing as a child but adapting it to the changing circumstances . |
| 7 | My son , aged four , believes in God and Jesus , as I did as a child . |
| 8 | The entertainments manager wants to hear Frank sing and gears up for a rip-roaring session , at which the hapless hero launches into ‘ Early One Morning ’ — echoes of the audition Crawford did as a child for Benjamin Britten 's production of The Turn of the Screw . |
| 9 | First , goddesses offer comfort , just as the infant 's mother did : then male gods , or God , offer protection against external reality , as a father does for a child . |
| 10 | Although the main result of dyslexia is the inability to read , there is a hidden problem in the damage dyslexia does to a child 's confidence , said Mr Bland . |
| 11 | Carla put her arms round his waist , one hand lifted to clap his back , as a mother does to a child ; and held him so closely that the deep tremor of his sobbing ran through them both . |