Example sentences of "[verb] after [art] children " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Jones ' mother looks after the children in the afternoon . |
| 2 | and who looks after the children ? |
| 3 | Past pupils have looked after the children of the aristocracy and European royals . |
| 4 | We enjoyed looking after the children very much . |
| 5 | She said , ‘ Every year I end up taking a pair of rubber gloves with me and looking after the children , and every year I end up coming home feeling exhausted . |
| 6 | If you 're the earner , and she 's looking after the children , it 's usually down to you to make regular payments for the children 's upkeep at least until they reach the age of seventeen — and longer if they 're still in education . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | So Mary 's looking after the children while I have my hair done . ’ |
| 9 | I think they 're being selfish , they 've had their careers , so how about looking after the children and home , and giving youngsters a chance ! |
| 10 | ‘ Abi and I share looking after the children — but from choice and because I enjoy it . |
| 11 | The wife , presumably looking after the children , gets about by bus with whatever inconvenience that entails , such as the lack of public transport at less busy periods . |
| 12 | Accepting this state of affairs many women are actually grateful to ‘ understanding ’ employers who are ‘ flexible ’ about hours on site , or who provide them with homework , to be done simultaneously with looking after the children . |
| 13 | Mrs Coxen was aided in her task of looking after the children by her niece , Mrs Mitchell , who also moved into Broad Street with her husband , who , in turn , was charged with helping to run the house . |
| 14 | She was a career woman — and the fact that she 'd found herself actually enjoying looking after the children , and doing the cooking , was neither here nor there ! |
| 15 | It makes it very difficult for women to take that first step on the ladder of actually becoming economically active , because they 're caught in an impossible position between the needs of their children and their own personal needs , and until we actually look at the important and validate and give financial support to the caring role that women play , both in terms of looking after the children and looking after elderly relatives , this community care that is being talked about — community care is car on the backs of women , and it 's unpaid and undervalued . |
| 16 | Inner-city blacks often see better-paid jobs as beyond their reach : they ask for too many qualifications , they are too far away , there is nobody to look after the children . |
| 17 | ‘ He had already contacted the police and when they came they asked me to look after the children so we sat in the car . |
| 18 | Professional families , where the mother stays at home to look after the children , would be severely hit . |
| 19 | Her husband , who usually worked 200 miles away , had been forced to return to look after the children . |
| 20 | The hidden costs of being in hospital — lost income , the cost of employing someone to look after the children , the cost of having someone to look after the home if your partner works , even your partner 's lost income — can soon add up to become a severe financial burden during an already difficult time . |
| 21 | We are up before dawn to prepare food , and when we come home , we have to look after the children , clean and cook . ’ |
| 22 | The split apparently came after the fiery-tempered pair had a row about Tatum wanting to go back to acting — leaving McEnroe to look after the children while she makes movies . |
| 23 | Val enjoys her work ; her husband , who is a milkman , is able to tie in his shifts with hers at the hospital so that there is always someone to look after the children . |
| 24 | Once the flight arrived in Florida stewards and stewardesses joined the team of support workers to look after the children . |
| 25 | ‘ My first thought was , ‘ who is going to look after the children if I 'm not around ’ , ’ says the mother of three from Harlow . |
| 26 | ‘ Someone has to look after the children . ’ |
| 27 | He did have a very hard time which we , as children , could not understand … they took care of Richard as you know but my mother also had to look after the children left in 2 Dan-y-bont , Pontrhydyfen , travelling there at least twice a week on two separate buses with Richard , a two-year-old , in tow . |
| 28 | There is no contentious issue between the parties as to the suitability of the mother to look after the children or as to the suitability of the father to have contact with them . |
| 29 | To look after the children . |
| 30 | They left Margot to look after the children and set off in the car , heading for Gallanach . |