Example sentences of "daughter [vb -s] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sounds to me like your daughter needs a good kick up the arse , if you 'll pardon the expression . ’ |
| 2 | My kids want to go for a visit and my daughter wants a picture of our home … |
| 3 | Intergenerational mobility : that is , the son or daughter has a different social position ( higher or lower ) than that of the parents ( for example , a miner 's daughter might train to become a teacher ) . |
| 4 | ‘ My daughter has a highly developed sense of adventure , ’ the Princesse said wryly . |
| 5 | My daughter has a well-stocked medicine cabinet . ’ |
| 6 | The fact that the vast majority of these funds are in the names either of my wife or daughter casts a further question over my personal financial awareness , but that is not the point . |
| 7 | He says his only hope now is that the murderer is caught , before someone else 's daughter meets a similar fate . |
| 8 | From time to time there are cases where the provocation is so gross and so strong that a court imposes a very short prison sentence or even a suspended sentence for the manslaughter — typically , cases where a wife , son , or daughter kills a persistently bullying husband or father — and such cases raise the more general question of whether provocation should ever be a complete defence to homicide or to other crimes . |
| 9 | Mind you , my elder daughter takes a lot more responsibility for herself than I did at that age . ’ |
| 10 | If a son or daughter commits a crime and is sentenced to imprisonment , the court will not allow an anxious father or mother to take their place , so how can it be that my sin can be taken by another ? |
| 11 | It was n't so much as how to achieve a new social order , but how can I ensure that my son or daughter gets a better job than I did . |
| 12 | It was n't so much as how to achieve a new social order , but how can I ensure that my son or daughter gets a better job than I did . |
| 13 | The Marshal 's daughter seems a fine young woman . |
| 14 | That was below the belt , but instead of stopping there while she was still in one piece , she drove on in a high , hectoring voice , ‘ Do n't you think your daughter deserves a little rest instead of going home to slave for you after she 's been working all week ? ’ |
| 15 | Julian was telling me that erm he 's house on a Friday night is like a mad house because his daughter does a bit of hair dressing on the side , and she 's having people come to have their hair done |
| 16 | Implicitly the notion of family care provided by daughters assumes a specific model of family life , most notably a stable nuclear family with a non-working female at home able to provide care . |