Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Porter had been raised in a children 's home from the time he was two years old . |
| 2 | The fact that Margaret had been illegitimate , a war baby conceived between an Italian prisoner of war and an English landgirl , had no bearing on her name , although probably quite a lot to do with Margaret 's lack of maternalism , since she 'd been reared in a children 's home . |
| 3 | Another girl , placed in a children 's home at 13 after her mother had a nervous breakdown and her father left for another woman , described her shock at finding it was also a place of ‘ correction ’ for young offenders . |
| 4 | This Renaissance castle had until recently served as a children 's home . |
| 5 | It is unlikely that he would have gone to a children 's home in the first place and stayed for as long as he did before fostering was tried . |