Example sentences of "his parents [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If he tells me once more that his parents met at midnight on Hallowe'en and live in a riverside pub which is his and his brother 's — I do n't know what I 'll do ! ’ thought Jane . |
| 2 | When Magnus wants something he gets it , and his parents listen to him when he talks . |
| 3 | Perry Anderson , who lives part of the year in Sherman Oaks while he teaches as UCLA , was reminded of what his parents saw in December 1941 , after they landed in San Francisco after three years of being bombed in South China . |
| 4 | All these seemed to relate to Balbinder 's needs as his parents saw them and Mr and Mrs Singh were beginning to seem happier . |
| 5 | But he went and got himself an apprenticeship and then his parents saw that he |
| 6 | BRISTOL CITY have agreed to release striker Leroy Rosenior for international duty after he received an amazing call-up from Sierra Leone , where his parents come from . |
| 7 | His parents come over in — I do n't know — early twenties , I suppose . |
| 8 | What do his parents think about it ? ’ |
| 9 | And what do his parents think — him going off to a distant town with a stranger like you ? ’ |
| 10 | His brothers had not replied , and his parents wrote that they hoped he was not hurrying into marriage , but that he was old enough to decide for himself . |
| 11 | In fact , his parents discouraged Gedge , especially when they suspected it was infringing on his studies and attempts to find a job . |
| 12 | His parents lived in the Balmoral suburb of south Belfast . |
| 13 | His parents lived there once — and generations before them — on this patch of land , if not in this particular accommodation . |
| 14 | His parents lived before the Great Patriotic War in the Ukraine , they were married there just prior to the Fascist invasion . |
| 15 | His parents lived on the Isle of Skye where they spent a lot of time observing the habits of the puffins on the beach . |
| 16 | His parents ran a cloth store . |
| 17 | The three judges must decide whether Hillsborough coma victim Tony Bland should be allowed to die as his parents wish . |
| 18 | Passive smoking — I have advised his parents to stop smoking as it is likely to be aggravating the child 's asthma . |
| 19 | It was only when his parents sent Thomas to a private specialist when he was 11 that his dyslexia was diagnosed . |
| 20 | When he suffered a relapse , his parents sent him to see Nolan . |
| 21 | Jonathan , 21 , is on the final year of his industrial design marketing course and comes from Fleet , near Aldershot , where his parents breed old English sheepdogs . |
| 22 | His parents sign to transfer their money over . |
| 23 | Dustin seemed to behave towards fame with a certain cynicism , rather like Ben Braddock at the party thrown for him by his parents to celebrate his graduation . |
| 24 | Gedge fixed it for his parents to watch the show from the wings . |
| 25 | Perhaps his parents taught him that sounding gushy is bad . |
| 26 | His parents asked the local headteacher when Sam could start school , and the answer ? |
| 27 | Contact between Michael and his parents became erratic and unhappy . |
| 28 | She could n't leave them any money because all she had was an annuity that would come to an end when she died , but Mister Johnny 's got a little bit that his parents left him and Hepzibah makes some from the poultry , so they should have just enough . |
| 29 | His parents left their home in Oxfordshire to appeal for him to come back . |
| 30 | He thought he might as well look over his skiing equipment , instead of listening to his parents snapping at each other . |