Example sentences of "father [coord] [noun sg] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents may be motivated by the fact that a child whose father or mother smokes is far more likely to smoke too . |
| 2 | Welcome back : A father and daughter have been banned from keeping animals for life after admitting cruelty to an Alsatian dog . |
| 3 | Both Father and Mother had been through difficult times financially in their twenties but Father had founded a fine family business in London which flourished and while both of them were wise and sensible about money there was never any lack of it and funds were available for anything that would widen our horizons and education . |
| 4 | This was the first time that father and son had been separated and it is apparent that Leopold undertook much of the organisation for the visit , advising Mozart and his mother of places to stay , even giving the costs of meals as they made their way through the German states . |
| 5 | John Morton was the Darvel blacksmith , as his father and grandfather had been before him . |
| 6 | As my companion informed me , he had held many important posts in Geneva , and was a counsellor , as his father and grandfather had been before him . |