Example sentences of "[noun sg] and look after the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you would feel probably the best mechanism would be the appointment of somebody who is given that responsibility and solely that responsibility of reporting and looking after the interest of the deferred pensioners . |
| 2 | Mrs Aggie gave her a shilling a week , because , as she said , she was her assistant ; for there must be someone to hold the horse and look after the cart and see that the children did n't nick … steal the clothes off it . |
| 3 | He says him to go to work and look after the kid . |
| 4 | So they said , ‘ Do some business , take some nurse 's training , or take a sewing machine and look after the movement . |
| 5 | For a long while , I could see her in the rear-view mirror , standing in the dusty road in her long white dress , holding her child and looking after the Felder . |
| 6 | But that staying at home and looking after the children , or whatever and bringing up a family is just as valuable as a job , or a career . |
| 7 | If my mum wants to go out , or goes to work , I stay at home and look after the girls , and vice versa . |
| 8 | He wanted her to stay at home and look after the children as much as she did ; he wanted her to be mainly interested in them . |
| 9 | ‘ I got a lot of response from the article and my request for someone to move into my home and look after the children while I was away for the eight months in Bristol , ’ she said . |
| 10 | They take care of the transport and looking after the invalids . |
| 11 | My boyfriend said he would stay at home and be the househusband and look after the children and do co co , the cleaning and cooking if I stayed at work . |
| 12 | But I am jolly sure that they would not let the government of the day , or their contemporary House of Commons , forget how important it is to supply water and to look after the sewers and drains . |
| 13 | one chap feeding the mill and one the other chap then giving him the and the other chap was working below taking away the straw and looking after the grain . |
| 14 | She accompanied Clare herself to the Refuge and looked after the children while the women had a meeting with some councillors . |
| 15 | I ca n't stand husbands who come home and say ‘ Oh look you 've done nothing all day , only a bit of housework and looked after the child ’ . |
| 16 | Following his survey of relatively low-income home owners , he argues that the domestic division of labour within homes is indeed ‘ strongly patterned by gender , with child care ( where relevant ) , laundry and house cleaning being strongly associated with women while gardening and looking after the car tend to be predominantly male activities ’ . |
| 17 | If you 're the one who 's stayed at home all day , tackling the house and looking after the kids , you 'll want to celebrate the homecoming of everyone else and the chance the talk over the day 's happenings . |
| 18 | I think some people do think that is selfish and that marriage is about bringing up a family and looking after the house . ’ |