Example sentences of "[is] a [adj] child " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I do n't think it 's a only child . |
| 2 | She ca n't help her personality — if she 's a shy child , then there 's no point in forcing her into situations which make her feel uncomfortable and uneasy . |
| 3 | She 's a strong child . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ He 's a selfish child , Miss Cathy , and I do n't think he 'll live till he 's twenty . |
| 5 | But you 've now got a new wife or girlfriend and there 's a new child to look after and the money wo n't stretch . |
| 6 | And she said she said well her little boy , Christopher , loves it but he 's a quiet child you see he thrives on that kind of thing . |
| 7 | ‘ She 's a delightful child , is n't she ? ’ he observed . |
| 8 | That 's a large child , they wear the red they wear red for tap . |
| 9 | That 's a large child . |
| 10 | She 's a pretty child , but hardly his intellectual level , I should have thought . |
| 11 | ‘ She 's a pretty child . |
| 12 | I think she 's a pretty child , Stacey . |
| 13 | She is a discouraged child who needs love . ’ |
| 14 | It is a rare child , surely , who will have the self-discipline to choose to tackle a difficult task when easier and more enjoyable ones are available . |
| 15 | ‘ There is a young child in my care at this hospital , who is seven years old . |
| 16 | In any home where there is a young child , socket guards should be fitted to prevent a finger or pencil being poked into a potentially dangerous electrical socket . |
| 17 | ‘ First she is a poor child . |
| 18 | Yes , of course he is , he is a poor child I hate to think what Christmas is like for some people . |
| 19 | ‘ She is a strange child , ’ said the Friar . |
| 20 | Whenever she attempts to dress herself , in the event of someone 's wedding , she scours my wardrobe , giggling girlishly at herself , throwing off her garments as though she is a small child trying on school clothes for a mother or aunt . |
| 21 | ‘ Our Lord the Kha-Khan is a wilful child , ’ C'zinsit said bluntly . |
| 22 | He is a pleasant child , but often rowdy , disobedient and rough with others . |
| 23 | Amy is a delightful child and is the reason for frequent visits from the health visitor . |
| 24 | Amy is a delightful child and is the reason for frequent visits from the health visitor . |
| 25 | Jonathan is a weird child at times |
| 26 | Barnardo 's is a voluntary child care organisation working with families , children and young people in different parts of the UK . |
| 27 | Only the tip of a pink nose was visible above the cot blanket , but Ernest declared , ‘ She is a beautiful child , to be sure . |
| 28 | But , mysteriously , ‘ no additional comforts can be granted to Elizabeth F. as there is a dependent child ’ . |
| 29 | Our attention to the subject is unnerving , particularly when the subject is a naked child . |
| 30 | ‘ I doubt there is a single child in the entire school who has read that book , and here you are , an unhatched shrimp sitting in the lowest form there is , trying to tell me a whopping great lie like that ! |