Example sentences of "[verb] at a child " in BNC.

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1 Mrs Lynch of Eleanor Street , Wigan , went to the local station at Ashton-in-Makerfield after her brother Stephen Wilkinson , 38 , was found hanged at a children 's play area .
2 They can bring , through their training and experience , particular and specified ways of looking at a child 's problem .
3 Police discovered later that Lorna and Vernage had met at a children 's home years earlier .
4 Speaking at a Children Act conference last week , organised by Centrepoint Soho and attended by the Princess of Wales , junior health minister Tim Yeo warned the DoH would start ‘ chasing the laggards ’ .
5 The old women of the town marvelled at a child whose intellect had been ‘ forced into almost an unnatural ripeness ’ , and their flattery made him vain :
6 He 's supposed to be staying at a children 's home , but he spent last night in police cells after being arrested for the thirtieth time — for breaching bail conditions .
7 Gemma is staying at a children 's home but Ms Raisey would not comment on whether Gemma would be told that her mother had returned .
8 Your child has just appeared at a Children 's Hearing and the members of the Panel have decided that your child should be placed on supervision to a social worker and that he/she should live away from home for a time .
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