Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [pron] [adj] child " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think my parents were rather surprised at my reaction , because I was their first child and they had been following child development textbooks that said that children ought to start making social relationships at two . |
| 2 | And they had always treated Liz — the same age as Laura — just as though she were their own child . |
| 3 | ‘ Though I know the Princesse loves you as if you were her own child . |
| 4 | But the money with which we paid for the house — and with which she bought her nylons and expensive corsets — came from scrap metal : though her father never spoke to her again after she left her first husband , she was his only child and he died intestate . |
| 5 | It being her first child . |
| 6 | Though they loved him as if he were their own child they left him out of all things that mattered in the running of the house . |
| 7 | It 's her small child who is at stake . |
| 8 | Most doctors will tell you it 's best to have your baby in hospital , especially if it 's your first child . |
| 9 | He is his own child . |
| 10 | She seemed to think that it was her own child and showed signs of distress when Carrie took the baby from her . |
| 11 | For mum Carol and dad Ron it was their first child and they were absolutely delighted . |
| 12 | They saw their relationships with the school very much in terms of an individual one , and it was their own child that was the important thing . |
| 13 | But I think a lot of them were genuinely concerned , as in my case I think this person was genuinely worried about me because I 'd had , it was my third child and I I do think she was er worried about me because er you know you do n't want to keep having babies and losing them but I was n't worried about , I was worried about myself , to say I was n't worried that 's stupid , but er we just hoped and hoped and kept hoping . |