Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] children " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bishops also argued that any so-called restricted form of divorce was impossible to maintain in practice and that divorce might solve the partners ' problems but only created them for the children . |
| 2 | An elderly widow who was robbed , attacked , and raped by a gang of youths was moved to sheltered dwellings with the help of the police , visited by policewomen from the unit at least once a week , and taken regularly to visit the family of one of the policewomen , which adopted her as the children 's granny . |
| 3 | Mrs Robinson , who a few months before had been the mother of a happy and united family , found herself alone in the world ; an inscrutable fate had robbed her of the children who might have consoled her widowhood . |
| 4 | When he told her about the children at Dovercourt she and a friend went along to help in teaching English . |
| 5 | This was good news , as I had met him after a children 's charity evening and had found him shy , attractive and funny . |
| 6 | And she wrote stories , then read them to the children after tea . |
| 7 | The problem with approaching children 's reading from a ‘ classics ’ approach — identify the best , the books ‘ of transparently permanent greatness ’ ( Rosenheim , 1980 , p.5 1 ) and give them to the children — is that it places emphasis on the book , on the literary work , and not on the needs and tastes of the individual reader . |
| 8 | ‘ How did you get on today — have you found a nanny to help you with the children ? ’ he added , throwing her into confusion by casually giving her a peck on the cheek before leaning across the table and helping himself to a slice of chocolate cake . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that you 've found someone to help you with the children at last , ’ he said , sitting down on the sofa beside her . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've just hired someone to help you with the children , and I 've already laid on a cleaning lady . ’ |
| 11 | And tell us about the children , how old are they ? |
| 12 | Paul pulled several cubes of sugar from his pocket and tossed them among the children , and they squealed and fought among themselves , passing the prizes eventually from hand to hand . |
| 13 | On Tuesdays , Dad took me to the children 's cinema , on Wednesdays , Pop took me to Sally Carmichael 's dancing class , and on Saturdays my Nan would take me to the variety show at the Sheffield Empire . |
| 14 | I keep it for the children 's medicine drink . ’ |
| 15 | If you 're keeping your spouse because you have the assets and he or she does n't , there 's no good leaving nothing to the spouse , unless that spouse is rich in his or her own right Rich in comparative terms , then there may be good reasons not to live him or her anything because you 'd rather leave it to the children . |
| 16 | The men deny taking nude pictures of the girls while they themselves were naked and showing them to the children 's mother . |
| 17 | Have you someone who can assist and support you with the children ? |
| 18 | We have put her among the children until she learns . |
| 19 | Bob Howe , Bus Driver , says it was the bus company 's way of saying thank you to the children for their good behaviour . |
| 20 | He asked the parents to tell him about the children , their tastes , their likes and dislikes . |
| 21 | Every year I spend it on the children , we have , we both spend it on the kids , but this year we haven't. said to me , he said , what about ten pound this week , I said no you 're wrong , I said we do n't have it till a bit nearer , I did n't think so . |