Example sentences of "children [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , although children pick them up much more often than adults do . |
| 2 | Children hate it . |
| 3 | Most children hate it . |
| 4 | The children make their own maps or plans in role . |
| 5 | ‘ Women make us poets , children make us philosophers . ’ |
| 6 | A report of the work was typed by the school secretary but its informal style and the sometimes cryptic references to individual children make it clear that it was intended for internal circulation only . |
| 7 | Some children despise their fathers because they work , or used to work , for the Israeli occupier . |
| 8 | Only he know how parents complaining about their children upset her . |
| 9 | Children repair what they themselves say from as early as one or one-and-a-half years of age . |
| 10 | However it 's funded , the children want something done soon . |
| 11 | and children want them all do n't they ? |
| 12 | you 're saying to it 's logical conclusion , then why do n't we just erm , open up Hampden up sell the stuff there , you know people , you know , if children want it or adults |
| 13 | As children grow there can be changes in their vision , and since screening tests may be infrequent , teachers should be aware of some of the physical signs and behaviours that may indicate that a child is having problems with sight . |
| 14 | If ordinary children build their linguistic abilities on antecedent social and cognitive abilities , these may , in fact , be necessary prerequisites for the emergence of language . |
| 15 | Later rushing-about games may be more organized and contentful when children base their play on ideas from a shared story or group of stories heard , seen , or read . |
| 16 | Sit down children d' you want to get married or divorced or just sue each other ? |
| 17 | Uncle Steve , Gert and the children send their love . |
| 18 | The children place their cards in the pack face downwards . |
| 19 | Under the watchful eye of the teacher the children improvise their shoe shop , and probably it is she who suggests the use of shelves for the ‘ display ’ of pairs . |
| 20 | The children say they had a great time , eating sweets and with a pirate on board their bus . |
| 21 | But with the summer holidays … and freedom … around the corner the dangers need to be balanced.Crime prevention officers working with children say there are obvious guidelines … |
| 22 | It 's cost more than a million pounds , but staff and children say it 's worth every penny . |
| 23 | ‘ Good children honour their father and mother . ’ |
| 24 | Although such ‘ signals ’ may be born of snobbism and élitism of the least attractive kind and are often public confirmations of economic privilege , those teachers who have devoted their working lives to the state sector know that the only way of countering , undermining and finally defeating private education is by making the local authority schools places where all children realise their full potential . |
| 25 | Many of us will have had the experience at some time or other of finding ourselves in classrooms ostensibly to help individual children overcome their difficulties , but realising that in fact the problems are more to do with the way the lesson is being presented , with the resources and teaching strategies being used or with the demands being made , than with any specific problems our pupils may have . |
| 26 | As children mature they may be prepared to share one ball between two , or play with an adult in a small group taking turns at catching or rolling a ball . |
| 27 | An officially estimated 75 per cent of British children speak their mother tongue , which they hear at home , abysmally , and will , in the course of time , pass on to their own children , since , after all , languages are first learnt with the ears and not grammar books . |
| 28 | ensuring children wash their hands after playing with pets . |
| 29 | If you 've got children let them do the work survive the parents , erm as long as they 're the sensible sort who can do it and are n't going to fall out with parents and are going to be round . |
| 30 | German children receive their presents from the Christkind Angel . |