Example sentences of "[pron] be [pron] [adj] child " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think my parents were rather surprised at my reaction , because I was their first child and they had been following child development textbooks that said that children ought to start making social relationships at two . |
| 2 | Adrian become–the over-protective parent to his miserable father and although we can understand how this behaviour comes about in a child whose parents are asserting their own needs , who are themselves needy children , it nevertheless feels funny , feels inappropriate . |
| 3 | And they had always treated Liz — the same age as Laura — just as though she were their own child . |
| 4 | ‘ Though I know the Princesse loves you as if you were her own child . |
| 5 | But the money with which we paid for the house — and with which she bought her nylons and expensive corsets — came from scrap metal : though her father never spoke to her again after she left her first husband , she was his only child and he died intestate . |
| 6 | She shared her home with Irina and me and watched over us as fiercely as if we were her own children . |
| 7 | They had to pull their weight , but they brought up one or two who had lost their parents just as if they were their own children . |
| 8 | It being her first child . |
| 9 | Though they loved him as if he were their own child they left him out of all things that mattered in the running of the house . |
| 10 | It 's her small child who is at stake . |
| 11 | Most doctors will tell you it 's best to have your baby in hospital , especially if it 's your first child . |
| 12 | I mean if you think about it it was just an impossible task to do it sort of fairly or so that everybody felt all right about it and also that you know if it 's your own children you 're having to choose presents you know the who whole idea was sort of very very difficult really . |
| 13 | He is his own child . |
| 14 | She seemed to think that it was her own child and showed signs of distress when Carrie took the baby from her . |
| 15 | For mum Carol and dad Ron it was their first child and they were absolutely delighted . |
| 16 | They saw their relationships with the school very much in terms of an individual one , and it was their own child that was the important thing . |
| 17 | But I think a lot of them were genuinely concerned , as in my case I think this person was genuinely worried about me because I 'd had , it was my third child and I I do think she was er worried about me because er you know you do n't want to keep having babies and losing them but I was n't worried about , I was worried about myself , to say I was n't worried that 's stupid , but er we just hoped and hoped and kept hoping . |