Example sentences of "if a parent [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided , for example , that if a parent told me they had dreamt about having a ‘ Down 's baby ’ before the birth — in the medical literature , this is a classic after-the-event self-deception — they had in fact had such a dream . |
| 2 | What would they do if a parent had grounded them , for instance , and yet they had arranged to meet friends outside ? |
| 3 | I would hope that if , if a parent saw er that er somebody had had that sort of attitude towards the staff that |
| 4 | You know very often a parent , if a parent senses a child it 's partly in the interests of reality you know , like I say to my younger son you know , look if I buy you a third Big Mac , let's face it , you wo n't be able to eat it . |
| 5 | If a parent wants behaviour to stop there should be something to take its place . |
| 6 | The main thrust of the standard is that if a parent controls an undertaking ( the standard includes the new definitions of parent and subsidiary undertaking introduced by the Act ) , it should be consolidated , and only in exceptional circumstances should an undertaking controlled by a parent be excluded . |