Example sentences of "expect [pron] child " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents vary in the quantity they expect their child to be able to eat so a food diary can help the therapist determine appropriate quantities with the parents . |
| 2 | Most parents expect their children to be clean by the age of 2½ years , but 16 per cent of 3-year-olds still show signs of faecal incontinence once a week or more . |
| 3 | Most families in a village like this expect their children to work on the farm when they get older , but in this case it was different . |
| 4 | ‘ Expect your child to get up to 9 colds a year . |
| 5 | I think that 's the trouble with Christmas , I said to Rob , in a way , I said I hope when I get to mum and dad 's age I wo n't expect my children to think oh god you got to go there for you know I said that I 'd love to just once take the kids away and go somewhere |
| 6 | Parents can not expect their children to get on with each other but family life is very difficult if there is continuous bickering and jealousy between children . |
| 7 | In fact we were , rather condescendingly , informed that teaching methods had changed since the 1960s and we could not expect our child to be educated in the same manner as we ourselves had been . |
| 8 | If we remain ‘ stuck ’ Christians , we can not expect our children to become ‘ growing ’ Christians . |
| 9 | And so on for several more lines , and all to say he meant to finish with Claire , even though she was expecting his child . |
| 10 | It 's no good expecting your child to let you know where he or she is and then get hopping mad when they ring at three in the morning . |
| 11 | I do not think that any one of us expects our children to walk out of the place ‘ normal ’ , but we do know that it is the best place in the world for them to achieve their fullest potential . |