Example sentences of "[pron] [det] flesh [coord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My own flesh and blood stands against my will . |
| 2 | That I had n't forgotten he was my own flesh and blood , but that sometimes you owe more to strangers . |
| 3 | My own flesh and blood and I 'm Dot interested to hear of her ? ’ |
| 4 | I know she 's my own flesh and blood , but I hope she got whatever was coming to her . |
| 5 | My own flesh and blood to rebel ! |
| 6 | He and his sister stood on either side of the bed , bending over her as if to protect her from the perils of the night with their own flesh and bone . |
| 7 | And there was always hope that the Westward family would see her one day as an elegant lady and be sorry they had n't kept in touch with the child who was after all their own flesh and blood . |
| 8 | She felt a boiling rage about the Westwards , the family who cut off their own flesh and blood , who let her be raised by the charity of the nuns and never bothered themselves to think that she was now of university age . |
| 9 | They were moved by their own flesh and blood acting out the motions of birth and parentage with that mixture of awkwardness , ignorance , seriousness and imitation which can be observed in the necessary games of mothers and fathers . |
| 10 | Tuathal 's Fife levies would be opposed by their own flesh and blood . |
| 11 | She felt as much for that girl as if she had been her own flesh and blood . |
| 12 | Fergie says : ‘ Finally something did happen , but it soon became clear that the Queen was just not capable of getting involved in emotional , personal problems — even though it involved her own flesh and blood . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Her own flesh and blood . |
| 14 | ‘ She says she looked up to her mother , her father was her own flesh and blood , they understood each other , they were allies . |
| 15 | Compared to her own flesh and blood , what was Ruth ? |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , that is what I tell myself … but it would not be the same as his own flesh and blood . ’ |
| 17 | His own flesh and blood , his poor sister , helpless in that woman 's Power ! |
| 18 | On coming upstairs , he had turned to her for comfort , desperate to make love , needing to feel the growing swell of her body that was his own flesh and blood and , as always , he was moved to tears by it . |
| 19 | His own flesh and blood ! |
| 20 | She 's our own flesh and blood whatever she 's done . ’ |
| 21 | He is your own flesh and blood — your own brother ! ’ |
| 22 | A few months before , if anyone had told him you could feel dislike for your own child , a real aversion from your own flesh and blood , he would not have believed them . |
| 23 | ‘ But it 's a terrible thing to be out of friends with your own flesh and blood , ’ Julia mourned . |
| 24 | Your own flesh and blood ? ’ |