Example sentences of "[prep] our parents " in BNC.
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| 1 | Confucius , which remind us of our daily obligations towards our parents , our ancestors , our emperor and all those set in authority over us , " he said , speaking in a firm voice that carried clearly to his children 's ears . |
| 2 | I believe that the vast majority of our parents are struggling . |
| 3 | However , as we become more emotionally mature , we begin to see that we have been hurt by the inconsistencies of our parents . |
| 4 | The imperfections of our parents cause us to generate compensatory emotions that go on influencing us throughout life . |
| 5 | That low , dishonest decade was when we broke free of our parents , banished the Fifties , discovered that we 'd missed the Sixties , and tried to make the best of it with an orgy of revolting clothes , tasteless music and formless anomie . |
| 6 | If the death of our parents helps us to think about death in a constructive way and to prepare for our own , the experience is neither negative nor morbid but of positive value and importance . |
| 7 | Most , if not all , of our parents were either out of work or poorly paid . |
| 8 | I have already mentioned that Carl was born seven years after the marriage of our parents . |
| 9 | Whether we inherit our temperament from one or other of our parents or whether we absorb it from prolonged contact is not certain . |
| 10 | In fact most of our parents live in the area and work either there or in the City . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ They speak ill of our parents ’ marriage — how then should I answer them ? ’ |
| 12 | What we are in all our shapes and sizes has been fashioned and contoured through both inheritance and experience — the comprehensive impact upon us of our parents , childhood and upbringing , and with it those joys , dramas and significant experiences which contribute to what is sometimes called our adult self . |
| 13 | The honouring of our parents through our attitudes and actions plays an enormously important part towards our mental and spiritual health . |
| 14 | It was in Mexico , during those flowering years , that we climbed the snow-capped volcanoes , dived in the Mayan wells , collected creatures and orchids and , abetted by the enlightened curiosity of our parents , delved deep into ways of being and mind unimaginably different from our own . |
| 15 | We take into ourselves aspects of our parents that we may have denied previously . |
| 16 | We followed the tracks of our parents " Ruff-stuff at first — the wide , deep tracks of its go-anywhere wheels . |
| 17 | Many parents still expected their sons to have a ‘ sound ’ mathematics education and I 'm sure the idea of playing with bits of coloured paper and Sellotape instead of doing ‘ proper ’ maths like they had to , would have horrified some of our parents . |
| 18 | These are learned at an early age and reflect the bias and background of our parents . |
| 19 | The nature of our parents . |
| 20 | A glimpse in the mirror , or the well-meant comments of an old family friend , may remind us that we are growing to look like our parents . |
| 21 | Like our parents , we set high goals for ourselves . |
| 22 | Like our parents , we can never be ‘ good enough ’ and failure is inevitable . |
| 23 | But bereavement is usually linked to the death of someone close , like our parents . |
| 24 | So erm the only thing this shaking comes on but er years ago I mean we dare n't go against our parents . |
| 25 | From our very earliest days the sort of pattern of attachment we form with our parents or those that look after us will influence how we feel about any relationship later in life . |
| 26 | Singing round the piano , playing cards with each other or with our parents , board games of various kinds , and a word game called Lexicon were all family favourites . |
| 27 | The fact that the Bible uses such strong language regarding what has been our closest relationship — that with our parents — tells something else as well . |
| 28 | We both lived with our parents while we saved up to get married . |
| 29 | We had a nursery and a nanny , and until we were thirteen ate with her rather than with our parents . |
| 30 | If I had n't brought you up , you 'd be in the churchyard with our parents . |