Example sentences of "parents [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Carl had no time for these , or possibly our parents failed him by not encouraging him in that direction .
2 He had desired to go to his homesite just once , not because he expected his parents to greet him with pleasure — he knew they would long ago have forgotten him in the act of rearing many other young even if they were still alive — but because it was there he had first been caught .
3 What was Jesus doing when his parents found him in the Temple at the end of their search for him ?
4 But his parents want him to be taught with normal children .
5 Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die .
6 Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die .
7 You owe it to your parents to keep him off the premises . ’
8 Drake 's interest in magic and illusion began at the age of nine when his parents took him to Indonesia .
9 His parents took him into their cabin .
10 His parents took him into their adjoining cabin when he wept — and saved his life .
11 His parents took him into their adjoining room — and saved his life .
12 One of the parents accused him of ‘ smiling when it was completely inappropriate to do so ’ .
13 His parents removed him from Wellington College in 1891 , following a diphtheria epidemic , to a school in Bruges , whence too he was removed after a homosexual scandal .
14 This is the one where Paul recalls his parents telling him during the war not to worry during air raids , ‘ because it 's unlikely the bomb will ever have your name written on it , son ’ .
15 He asked the parents to tell him about the children , their tastes , their likes and dislikes .
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