Example sentences of "[art] children have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally they were anxious to fire this destructive load before it was too late ; the angle of the chase was depressed to such an extent that they were afraid that in spite of the wadding the contents of their canister might dribble out … already a fountain of glass marbles commandeered from the children had cascaded about the ears of the defenders . |
| 2 | And the children had seen and liked it ; he , like some stray dog , was drinking out of puddles . |
| 3 | The new blouse was pink and frilly , quite unlike anything the children had seen her wear before , and she had combed her hair and put lipstick on . |
| 4 | Parents sampled the linguistic , mathematical , scientific and creative work which the children had done on the theme — and many discovered that activities which often look to be just fun can in fact be quite hard work . |
| 5 | Perhaps he had got himself moved to the bigger town , or perhaps he had gone home to London as some of the children had done . |
| 6 | Some of the children had done every nursery in N16 and could n't believe that they would n't be shifted again . |
| 7 | She was in fact a magnificent figure of a woman , with no sag or spread ; only , nursing the children had given her a fullness of the breasts which would not lessen , although she turned the little Olivia over to a servant with a feeding-bottle as soon as one could be found . |
| 8 | The children had stood for a moment , awestruck in the hall , as she had hoped they might , amazed at the broad stone staircase , the hanging lantern and the dark portraits of who ? |
| 9 | The children had stopped singing , and were lighting cross-shaped sparklers . |
| 10 | Well , she said she was your wife , the woman who came to the squat , and that since the payments for the children had stopped she was — ; |
| 11 | None of the children had wanted birthday cake , which Tina had mistakenly made with fruit and nuts in it , so they ate it as their second course . |
| 12 | In the mingling of the genes the children had missed their mother 's sculptural beauty and been forced to settle for mere good looks . |
| 13 | so the staff use that and the children had to go up six flights of stairs |
| 14 | However , the evidence of the fireman who was on the footplate of the engine that was hauling the express disproved the allegations of the railway company , for he had seen them together on the train after it had arrived at Birmingham New Street Station around 2.30 when the children had waved at him . |
| 15 | The children had lived with the house keeper in the guest cottage and learned early that it was futile to ask when Mummy would be home . |
| 16 | After the separation the children had lived with the mother and her new man friend . |
| 17 | The teacher accompanying the children had asked them not to sit along the back seat . |
| 18 | The curtain went up at 2 pm , so the children had to arrive at the theatre at about 1.15 to get ready . |
| 19 | Electricity was erratic in the old , two-up , two-down house and as often as not the children had gone to bed with candles . |
| 20 | The children had gone upstairs after lunch , Senga to continue her lessons with Miss Powers , her governess , Patrick to pursue his studies . |
| 21 | Haverford had got home after the children had gone to bed , earning Molly 's frowns for slamming the car door , shouting good-night to Fosdyke and singing ‘ Lydia , the tattooed lady ’ all the way upstairs . |
| 22 | Yes , one , once the children had gone it was different and I think its , I 'm a widow now and I think love still remains somewhere . |
| 23 | She knew that Sue worked as a nurse four nights a week , going on duty some time after the children had gone to bed in the evening , and returning at seven in the morning . |
| 24 | He claimed that after being taken for a walk in the evening the children had gone to their beds while the teachers remained in an annexe . |
| 25 | Giving their decision , Lord Hope said strong reasons had been given for hearing what the children had to say without taking them back to Orkney . |
| 26 | The children had decided to have cardboard wheels , but they found four wooden circles which they decided would do for wheels . |
| 27 | The children had heard this song many times but they were always sad that it sounded such a lonely song . |
| 28 | Laura smiled to herself as she remembered their visit to his surgery when one of the children had cut a foot on some glass . |
| 29 | In one the grandmother was a country publican with her own farm , and ‘ on a Sunday she used to make broth and put plenty of salt in it , and then the children had to stop outside and we 'd say , ‘ Are you my granny ? ’ |
| 30 | She brought a pile of cards that the children had made , using brightly-coloured paper and even the glitter tubes rationed out at Christmas . |