Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a children [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His expertise as a children 's bookseller was highly valued by his colleagues , and he made a great contribution over a number of years to the work of the BA 's Children 's Executive , as a member and , more recently , as a vice-chairman . |
| 2 | He turned up at the game with his head shaven , Gazza style , to raise money for a children 's cancer charity as part of Friday 's Comic Relief day . |
| 3 | The film , which is based on the story of Peter Pan , will raise money for a children 's hospital ward . |
| 4 | Spence , 57 , of South Shields , Tyneside , contacted a hospital saying she wanted to raise funds for a children 's unit . |
| 5 | ‘ The seven children are in care as a result of a children 's panel decision . |
| 6 | A decentralised model was adopted in the psychiatric department of a children 's hospital in which I worked . |
| 7 | The auction — hosted by the Queen 's cousin , the Earl of Harwood — is in aid of a children 's hospital . |
| 8 | It was like looking at one of those pictures in a children 's book in which there was a glaringly obvious deliberate mistake . |
| 9 | The category award winners ranged from a housing co-operative in Dundee to a children 's play area in an Essex village . |
| 10 | Peggy Heeks described the function of a children 's librarian in this way : |
| 11 | The story of a children 's Christmas , climaxing in a party , comes towards the lower end of these two extremes , and we are going to take it as the plot on which can be built an interesting home movie . |
| 12 | Mr. Tarrant , the minister of the Unitarian church which the Thomas family now attended regularly , had encouraged Edward in his outdoor tastes with much kindness and persuaded the editor of a children 's paper to print his early holiday-task descriptions of country walks : But like all other grown-up people he inspired me with discomfort , strangeness , a desire to escape … |
| 13 | It is also the sponsor of a children 's garden for the show , designed by Gillian Temple . |
| 14 | A doctor told my parents of a children 's holiday scheme in Switzerland . |
| 15 | Finally , local trading standards officials in Oxfordshire are urging parents to be on their guard against a children 's chemistry set containing a potentially lethal substance . |
| 16 | Alfriston is a very pretty village with a children 's zoo . |
| 17 | A full enquiry has been launched into how a rapist was able to attack an eleven-year old girl in a children 's ward at a London hospital . |
| 18 | They are more concerned with raising cash for their church , saving their scout troop and raising cash for a children 's playground . |
| 19 | Her dream is to be the director of a children 's hospital ; her boyfriend will own his own garage and she hopes that they 'll live happily ever after . |
| 20 | Staff and parents need to be strongly motivated to seek an integrated placement in a children 's day centre or nursery school . |
| 21 | How one charity helps another The Goodwill charity shop in Court Arcade , Darlington , closed its doors for the last time on Tuesday after four years of fund-raising for a children 's village in India . |
| 22 | As things turned out , Benjamin just lived beyond the Victorian era and into the Edwardian : on Sunday 3 September 1905 he was in church about to play the organ for a children 's service when he collapsed . |
| 23 | The Cookie Monster 's colleague , Big Bird , was later seen at Mrs Major 's neighbour Mrs Rosemary Lamont for a children 's charity event . |
| 24 | Clockwise Young lovers took to the lifeboats , not to save their souls but to pursue their romance in private ; passenger comforts included beauty salons : a ‘ young thing ’ takes a Turkish bath on the Berengaria , 1923 ; tiny tots also tasted luxury aboard : a menu for a children 's tea party , 1933 ; as this menu from the Normandie shows , the cuisine on board these liners was a gourmet 's delight . |
| 25 | " Conversations with a Gorilla " is not the title of a children 's fairy-tale but of a supposedly scientific contribution to the National Geographic Magazine . |
| 26 | Gaby went to work in New York , Rose emigrated to Australia , taking Steve ( who had a spell in a Children 's Psychiatric Unit as a kind of punishment for killing Charley and who knew what else ) with her . |
| 27 | They used to be just another attraction at a children 's zoo — but then they learned to trampoline . |
| 28 | So all I could do was to prance about waving flashcards and realia like a second-rate conjuror at a children 's party , and try not to glance at my watch more than once a minute . |
| 29 | But since first setting foot inside a children 's leukaemia ward 18 years ago , Botham has managed to raise £3 million for his favourite charity . |
| 30 | It is reserved for use as a children 's play area . |