Example sentences of "care for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daughter who cared for her father |
| 2 | She may experience a crisis of disbelief in her religious faith , or direct her anger towards the medical or nursing staff who cared for her husband , for failing to save his life ; or she may blame family or friends and have feelings of guilt and anger against herself for things that were done or not done during his lifetime . |
| 3 | A wife 's vivid account of how she cared for her declining husband . |
| 4 | Their only appeal to Clara lay in their austerity , which sometimes reached a point where it bordered on the dangerously extreme ; there was one sad tale , for instance , of a little girl who cared for her cruel stepmother with unfailing devotion , and who died of pneumonia after running out in her nightgown to look for her stepmother 's cat . |
| 5 | Esther Clark moved to Tetbury , where she cared for her step-daughter and took an active interest in local charities . |
| 6 | It was I who cared for her murdered child through his last days . ’ |
| 7 | Around her the crowd ebbed and flowed in a flurry of noise and colour , and Lucenzo 's arm curled around her body as if he cared for her safety . |
| 8 | When Ali Marwash 's daughter died the custom was followed to the letter since the girl was Ali Marwash 's only child and he cared for her more then he probably would have done had there been sons in the family . |
| 9 | Maybe it was the wild untamedness of the river , its banks populated by real people , proud and self sufficient , who cared for their neighbours as well as their own . |
| 10 | I have met wonderful doctors who really cared for their old patients , but sometimes the doctors were dismissive and rude , believing that there was little point in wasting valuable resources on the elderly as they were going to die soon anyway . |
| 11 | In one situation , a younger daughter was being constantly criticized by her older sister for the way she cared for their mother . |
| 12 | All her staff believed she genuinely cared for their welfare for no other reason than her deeply-felt need to be surrounded by a contented workforce . |
| 13 | They say that until his death he cared for their mother , who 's disabled with polio . |
| 14 | By his romantic rise to fame and fortune and his great philanthropy to those who cared for his mother , James Macrae was a credit to the land of his birth . |
| 15 | She refused to let him touch her sexually , but she cared for his appearance , kept him active and stimulated , managed his beer consumption and dealt with all money matters . |
| 16 | Not , thought Tim , because she greatly cared for his welfare but because she liked interfering . |
| 17 | For , proving that he cared for his family every bit as much as it had seemed , he said , ‘ Hello , Travis , come in . |
| 18 | He was the paternal figure , the leader who really cared for his men , who suffered what they suffered . |
| 19 | A DEVOTED son who cared for his paralysed father until he died has received a prestigious European Child of Achievement award at a ceremony in France . |
| 20 | A record shows , 'The inhabitants of the place said we never saw it in this fashion before ; we were left to wander and none cared for our souls ; but now a brighter day has dawned for us . ’ |
| 21 | One wife , who has now returned part-time to her own career while she cares for their two small children , accepted before marrying that her high-powered executive husband would not give any help in the house . |
| 22 | Ours is a Republic which cares for its citizens , and will support them against a common enemy . |
| 23 | One day she wants to work within a sporting authority that cares for its athletes . |
| 24 | A society in which children are freed from abuse and are respected as human beings , a society which values and cares for its older citizens . |
| 25 | A girl who has been shy or awkward can become quite self-possessed as she cares for her new baby . |
| 26 | Kerry Sadler , 14 , of Birtley , near Gateshead , who cares for her mum Ann , who has multiple sclerosis , has won £500 in the final of an ITN contest to find the country 's top carers . |
| 27 | Sensiq Foundation cares for your skin and allows it to breathe . |
| 28 | What matters now is that your make-up cares for your skin as well as colours it . |
| 29 | Reciprocal arrangements with another nurse or friend can work — so long as you are flexible and no money exchanges hands , but if you have a child under five and payment is involved then your ‘ childminder ’ will either have to register with the local authority ( that is if she cares for your child in the minder 's own home ) or be employed as a nanny in yours . |
| 30 | I welcome this book on two major counts : first , because it succeeds in what should be the aim of every author , that is to educate and entertain , and secondly because it has been written by a very knowledgeable person who genuinely cares for his dogs , has bred a consistent type for many years and has put as much into the ‘ dog game ’ as he has taken out . |