Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] children " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was with the children er er , looking at the stage , to the left . |
| 2 | She was with the children . |
| 3 | Of course she could say it was for the children , as people always did … |
| 4 | I had to announce a big disaster during the war , the fall of France or something , and it was during a children 's matinee . |
| 5 | At speeds of ninety miles a Police car chased a stolen white fiesta … through narrow country lanes … cars coming in the oppositie direction swerve to avoid it car as it weaves in and out of the traffic … at times the Police try to overtake it … without success … forty miles after they spotted the stolen car … the road clears and the Police overtake and stop them … three schoolboys are arrested … one of them … a passenger … is fourteen … in the past eight months he 's been arrested twenty eight times … the day before he 'd been placed under another supervision order by Milton Keynes Magistrates where he 'd faced charges of robbery and burglary and joy riding … it was from the children 's home he 'd been sent that his two friends picked him up . |
| 6 | The principle that the courts will not interfere with any decision of a local authority relating to a child in its care save in the most exceptional circumstances relates to the law as it was before the Children Act 1989 . |