Example sentences of "the family [noun] and [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 He liked proper meals , he lived on liver or chops , his bait would come out of the family allowance and I 'd not eat during the day , then eat the same as him at night . "
2 It is also tough , hard working , loveable , helps earn the family income and we ca n't live without it .
3 On a family service fair enough , when you 've got the family service and it 's all
4 For example , working with someone who is an ‘ emotional eater ’ , I created the family table and she played through all the parts round the table at childhood meal times to the camera .
5 Something sudden had come up concerning the family fortunes and he had to consult his solicitors : it was the one excuse that his seniors being closer to retirement and thus deeply concerned with land values and capital transfer taxes accepted with sympathy .
6 I 'd done twenty years in the family planning and I 'd done twelve years on the council and I 'd done thirty years as school governor .
7 But I wo n't — because I do n't believe he killed the family nanny and he has n't a hope of proving his innocence .
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