Example sentences of "mother ['s] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was probably because he was a doctor that he could n't face the future — he knew what to expect , ’ said Rachel bitterly , then as she caught sight of her mother 's expression she said hurriedly , ‘ Oh , I 'm not making excuses for him , I 'm just stating a fact . ’ |
| 2 | However , in order to avoid her mother 's disapproval she identifies with her mother , adopting female sex roles and subsequently choosing a male mate in the place of her father . |
| 3 | Mother 's Day you 're , we 're all still here I said wear this and I 'm sorry but |
| 4 | He walked slowly now towards the room , but as he passed his mother 's door he felt forced to stop and knock , not because he wanted to see her particularly , but because there was a great need in him for human company . |
| 5 | Broke your mother 's heart they tell me , she was never the same after . ’ |
| 6 | The joy of a sorrowing mother 's heart he is — her one and only White Rose ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ When I was young my mama used to say ‘ grow up and see how tough the world is ’ ' and ‘ I was unhappy at my mother 's death/ I was unhappy at my father 's death/ … |
| 8 | The calf did n't recognize the teat , but standing there by its mother 's side it shat . |
| 9 | On both his father 's side and his mother 's side he was the grandson of a Christian minister . |
| 10 | On both his father 's side and his mother 's side he was the great-grandson of a Christian minister . |
| 11 | Before her mother 's house she had gone through a winter in a squat that had no heating at all . |
| 12 | But in her mother 's kiss she had learned something of the importance of whatever it was that Rachel had to do . |
| 13 | When she told them about her mother 's letter he simply nodded , as if their going away was n't important . |
| 14 | That 's the mother 's steel I 'm telling you about . |
| 15 | Since her mother 's death he 'd made himself practically indispensable . |
| 16 | Since your mother 's death you are his only remaining relative , apart from some distant cousins in Canada , several times removed . |
| 17 | Since their mother 's death it had been run by Maggie , with bits of help from Mona and Sheila . |
| 18 | My master said : for my dear mother 's sake I will be a friend to you and you shall take care of my linen — God bless him — and gave me four golden guineas which were in my old lady 's pocket when she died . |
| 19 | For their mother 's sake he had to be taken away . |
| 20 | On his mother 's birthday they did n't go to the Spinning Wheel but to the Queen Victoria for lunch , because his father insisted . |
| 21 | " No , after your mother 's tuition I do n't suppose you did . " |