Example sentences of "[pron] mother [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought that the presence of men disinclined women from laughter and saw how Lili made my mother laugh as no man had ever done . |
| 2 | I was now drifting around in my own head , although I did see my mother rush in . |
| 3 | I 've seen my mother stand them on the table , middle of the table you know , the oil lamps . |
| 4 | From the age of about four onwards , and at intervals over the years , Shanti would ask , ‘ Did n't my mother love me ? ’ |
| 5 | I heard my mother tell a friend that being a Liberal was Dad 's only fault ! |
| 6 | " Will my mother give you a reference ? " |
| 7 | And as I was saying about all this , you 're saying What did my Mother do to eke it out ? |
| 8 | Because as I heard my mother speak Italian all the time and my cousins , you really ca can in my , you know in your |
| 9 | I heard my mother ask . |
| 10 | " Why does my mother hate Ireland so much ? " |
| 11 | Can my mother divorce a missing husband ? |
| 12 | Can my mother divorce a missing husband ? |
| 13 | The RAF Benevolent Fund made an initial contribution towards my clothes , and Mr Grice , their representative , would come round after work and help my mother fill in the forms . |
| 14 | He then went downstairs , and I heard my mother join him . |
| 15 | ‘ Excuse me does my mother live here ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ So why would n't my mother sell ? ’ |
| 17 | But does their mother think they get a hard time at school from the locals ? |
| 18 | It originates as a MEWING sound in tiny kittens , letting their mother know that they need some kind of help or that they are in some sort of trouble . |
| 19 | At this moment they heard their mother turn off the radio in the other room . |
| 20 | Did her mother guess there was a battle going on in this house ; in fact , various battles ? |
| 21 | Her anguished voice made her mother realise something was seriously wrong and dashed to the family home in Spennymoor , County Durham . |
| 22 | She was behaving with unaccustomed grandeur , slipping on a manner of authority and calm that would have made her mother laugh , if she had not wanted to cry . |
| 23 | She watched her mother walk out of the kitchen as if in a trance and a few seconds later Carla was nestled in her granny 's arms . |
| 24 | Next day Peony said she was going to post a letter , did her mother want anything from the village ? |
| 25 | Nor had she ever seen her mother expose her breasts or even legs , at home . |
| 26 | How dare her mother give these away without even asking her , Alice ? |
| 27 | Tess helped her mother move the big bed against the church wall . |
| 28 | Not only will her mother feel immense unhappiness about the action her daughter has taken but there is also the chance that her father may take unpleasant measures and throw harsh accusations at her for not having brought up her daughter properly . |
| 29 | TOP Smokebuster Karen MacGregor has won a first class trip on an Intercity 225 for helping her mother quit smoking . |
| 30 | Because she had spent much of that day watching her mother supervise preparations for the traditional Gio ceremony observed by the family on each anniversary of her great-grandfather 's death , Lan knew the altar held all the favourite foods and beverages that the high-ranking courtier had enjoyed during his lifetime . |