Example sentences of "[noun sg] for his mother " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among his many fine artefacts were the armour of ACHILLES , a golden throne for his mother , the necklace of Harmonia and the axe which split Zeus ' skull , facilitating the birth of ATHENE . |
| 2 | John Tennant 's father had died while John was still in his twenties and as well as taking over Laigh Corton Farm , he had taken responsibility for his mother and the rest of the family . |
| 3 | Yanto knew this was a big decision for his Mother . |
| 4 | He would flirt with the girls who sold them to him and pretend they were a present for his mother . |
| 5 | The boy feels hostile towards his father as he believes he is a rival for his mother 's intentions . |
| 6 | This empty stage , this empty auditorium beyond , agape like a hollow mouth , had more potency for his mother than ever he and his dry father had ; its unreality was more real for her than their reality . |
| 7 | He 'd feel a little bit of pity for his mother and the labrador he 'd owned at eight , awe at the dead pop stars and disgust at the lack of fashion and the bad music played for the occasion . |
| 8 | I took him to about twenty houses and had made love to him on the splintery boards of about half of them before he decided that this was not a suitable town for his mother to live in — too quiet , too far from London — and the estate agent , whose car had been left standing in leafy side-streets for too many unprofitable hours , gave me a week 's wages and said he thought another job might suit me better . |
| 9 | The need for his mother 's support and guidance was still uppermost in Richard 's mind . |
| 10 | Mullins , who moved to the North-East to take over the kennels of the late Tom Whitfield in November after working as head lad for his mother , Linda Mullins , in Essex , gets the award after providing 15 winners from 61 runners , an average of 26.6pc . |
| 11 | To Joyce himself , it opened the way to a broader question , just as the refusal of salvation for his mother had invalidated the doctrines of the Catholic church . |
| 12 | Everything he had done that had seemed at all kind had been part of a plan to make her face her past for his mother 's sake . |
| 13 | He held open the door for his mother and sister . |
| 14 | Lewis says his love for his mother Vi will keep him out of trouble , declaring : ‘ She brought me into this world and I consider myself a mother 's boy — I owe it all to her . |
| 15 | Jodie Foster makes her debut as director with Little Man Tate , a sensitive film about a 7-year-old prodigy ( played by Adam Hann-Byrd ) torn between love for his mother ( Foster ) , and admiration for the brilliant psychologist ( Dianne Wiest ) intent on nurturing his genius . |
| 16 | ‘ He can not have God for his Father who has not the Church for his mother . ’ |
| 17 | In view of Richard 's affection for his mother , this was a trump card . |
| 18 | It 's the old woman who was the nurse for his mother . |
| 19 | His extraordinary achievement is just as much a triumph for his mother . |
| 20 | He had just been de-mobbed from the Army , intended to go up to Oxford to work for his Doctorate in the autumn , and was looking for a house for his mother who had recently been divorced . |
| 21 | He went quickly downstairs and left a note for his mother saying that he could n't sleep and had gone out for an early morning bike ride . |
| 22 | The extent to which , in informal care , it is acceptable for men to care for women in relation to more intimate tasks is variable and seems that gender taboos are less likely to apply when a man is caring for his wife , than , say , a son for his mother . |
| 23 | ‘ He wanted to combine his engagement party with a party for his mother 's homecoming and also to — ’ |