Example sentences of "[verb] a large family " in BNC.
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| 1 | And besides he has a large family of his own already . ’ |
| 2 | He has a large family . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If she has a large family and some of them are unprovided for , say , for instance , she has unmarried sisters and aunts and nieces , then it is only right , since her husband has married into the family , that he should provide for them , too . ’ |
| 4 | that 's the only problem , if you 've got a large family and you 've had a well paid job and then you loose it |
| 5 | Similarly , the letters published by the Women 's Cooperative Guild ( WCG ) in 1915 regarding the maternity experiences of 160 of their members whose husbands earned between 24 and 40 / a week and who mostly had been married during the 1890s , showed that women with large families bitterly regretted it , chiefly because of the hard labour necessary to sustain a large family . |
| 6 | When they get married I 'll tell them to use family planning because prices get higher every day and it 's impossible to support a large family . |
| 7 | The woman talking has raised a large family and needs state resources as her basic income . |
| 8 | He worked throughout his entire life , having a large family and just the same burdens on his shoulders as the rest of us . |
| 9 | As with the middle classes of Victorian England or the British colonials in India and Africa , one or two men working could maintain a large family in comfort . |
| 10 | Could feed a large family on that chip for a week down in Ethiopia ! |
| 11 | He was a keen motorist , enjoyed skiing , skating , golf , and billiards , and kept a large family of bulldogs . |
| 12 | The perception of high infant mortality itself was a symptom of poverty and this fuelled a continued desire to have a large family as an insurance against the death of existing children . |
| 13 | We intend again this year to have a large Family Christmas Card to enable you to send greetings to other members of the fellowship . |
| 14 | My parents had hoped to have a large family , but when I was born Mamma needed a Caesarean section . |
| 15 | Couples do not , therefore , have to delay marriage in order to ensure that they can adequately support a larger family . |
| 16 | ‘ She 'd love a large family because she knows the joys of it . |
| 17 | He and Anne had a large family of ten children , who were born between 1799 and 1817 . |
| 18 | It was once won by an archer who had a large family of young children who were fascinated by the spoon , which has a silver chain with a hook at the end in the form of a swan 's head and neck . |
| 19 | He died in London 29 March 1652 , leaving a large family and considerable debts . |
| 20 | The Bristol and West claims that unmarried couples , friends buying a home together and couples who have a large family are ‘ high risk ’ groups . |
| 21 | Now I still have a large family composed of the family I was born into ( some of it ) and also of a family of friends , sisters , brothers , mothers and children that I have chosen . |
| 22 | And that means you 'll find something to do even if you have a large family to entertain or young children to keep amused . |