Example sentences of "[vb past] his mother 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | He still saw Irving Layton , and they decided to put their hands to playwriting ; which reinforced his mother 's concern ! |
| 2 | Charles found his mother 's body in a bedroom at the luxurious thatched house . |
| 3 | He maintained an interest in acting and adopted his mother 's name , Walcott , when he appeared as the black merchant-navy boy in the film A Taste of Honey . |
| 4 | He noted his mother 's fluttering glances across at her daughters , and he winced , as the understanding pierced him that the men were oblivious to him . |
| 5 | I noticed his mother 's Stradivarius violin on a shelf , a few crucial inches out of reach . |
| 6 | ‘ Little Billy , ’ came his mother 's voice from the kitchen . |
| 7 | She remembered that Seb had said to Gloria that swimming was not ‘ their thing ’ , but Antony Royd was supposed to run the fastest mile in the county and Mark Fountains- Abbot cheatingly borrowed his mother 's eventer for the cross-country and just , according to Gloria , sat there . |
| 8 | He poured his mother 's ashes in the place she is now and I am absolutely positive that he knows now she is not coming back . ’ |
| 9 | He particularly admired his mother 's one-armed chauffeur . |
| 10 | Yanto parked the bike in the small alley which separated his Mother 's cottage from the Post Office and stood back to admire the machine again . |
| 11 | On October 29 1989 , just as he did every Sunday , 17-year-old New Yorker Donald White trundled his mother 's laundry basket to the local Wash-O-Rama . |
| 12 | Just before noon George heard his mother 's pony and trap coming down the road . |
| 13 | Moments later he heard his mother 's voice , and then quick footsteps tapped up the stairs . |
| 14 | Racing into his flat , he picked it up and heard his mother 's voice . |
| 15 | He dialled his mother 's number ; when she finally answered , he said , ‘ I 'm your only son , right ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ They 're hard-working , respectable people , and he left them to join a gang of thieves and bad characters , and almost broke his mother 's heart . ’ |
| 17 | Later , he stood there again and watched his mother 's tears . |
| 18 | A lady I know who saw his mother 's funeral said that Yeats would n't go into the church . |
| 19 | He opened them , saw his mother 's face smiling down , and felt his ears burn . |
| 20 | Rory saw his mother 's shoulders move once , and she put her head down for a second , sniffed . |
| 21 | He was wondering whether the slaves who had been shipped to America had looked like this , when he felt his mother 's gentle touch on his shoulder and turned to find her smiling fondly at him . |
| 22 | Around the same time , he took his mother 's many dancing and music medals , together with his father 's accordion , and presented them to the pawnbroker . |
| 23 | On 15 November 1988 he issued a writ claiming that his disabilities are attributable to negligence on the part of the medical staff who attended his mother 's confinement and his birth . |
| 24 | Too late he realised his mother 's intention . |
| 25 | Their mother , Maud , was eighteen years younger than their father , and although , as a boy , Bernard constantly sought his Mother 's love and affection , he did not succeed and possibly because of that , he failed to shine academically — but he was very keen on all forms of sport . |
| 26 | He walked slowly now towards the room , but as he passed his mother 's door he felt forced to stop and knock , not because he wanted to see her particularly , but because there was a great need in him for human company . |
| 27 | So did his mother 's magnificent fortitude . |
| 28 | He also gave his mother 's new name , as she had recently remarried . |
| 29 | He also continued his mother 's religious benefactions , and was largely responsible for the splendour of the great Border abbeys at Melrose , Kelso , Jedburgh and Dryburgh . |
| 30 | He had his mother 's beauty and strength of feature : straight-bridged nose broadening at the base , below which the line of his upper lip was a flip of Matisse 's brush . |