Example sentences of "[noun sg] for my mother " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it was quite a change for my mother from being a dressmaker to being a a well a smallholder 's wife . |
| 2 | A Corporal appeared and beckoned me through to the kitchen ; he was taller and thinner than the other one and his arms were covered with rough tattoos executed in Indian ink ; on his right forearm were the words , ( My courage for my father , my heart for my mother , my prick for a whore ) . |
| 3 | It 's a present for my mother . |
| 4 | This was the second disappointment for my mother , who prided herself on her own intelligence and wanted her children to succeed academically , because she felt it would be the only way we could be successful in life , there being no money at home . |
| 5 | I certainly felt more empathy for my mother and what she had been through . |
| 6 | The letter with my name in English on the envelope , a Moroccan stamp , and a list of requests from my family for a white bridal veil to go with my sister 's wedding dress , surgical stockings for my brother and a china dish for my mother . |
| 7 | I remembered the hate for my mother . |
| 8 | YOU recently mentioned con tricks well , I was waiting at Lime Street Station for my mother when a well-dressed man with a briefcase asked me for £1 . |
| 9 | On the same visit , the first since my early childhood , I found a reference written by a local doctor for my mother , who about 1930 applied for a job as a ward maid at the local asylum , confirming that she was clean , strong , honest and intelligent . |
| 10 | And then she would make coffee for my mother . |
| 11 | She still keeps house for my mother . |
| 12 | It seemed a shame that it could n't be in time for my mother 's birthday on the 8th but at least it was a good target for which to aim . |