Example sentences of "mother was [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mother was at the stove and she did n't turn round to ascertain who had entered the room but said , ‘ I 'm just doing a fry . |
| 2 | By the time he reached the gallery his mother was at the far end of the broad corridor , but she was n't going into her room or into his room , she was making for the attic stairs , and now it was his turn to raise his eyebrows . |
| 3 | Today , Anna 's mother was at the Commons , to meet the MP who wants to change that law . |
| 4 | ‘ Even though my mother was on the school committee she could n't convince them . ’ |
| 5 | Her mother was on the streets . |
| 6 | Neither spoke and Julia understood that David 's mother was on the very brink of breaking down ; any little thing might tip her over into outright despair . |
| 7 | I remember when he always used to read out during the service before the sermon the previous week 's collection and it used to consist of the collection last Sunday consisted of one pensioning note , twenty ha'penny half crown pieces , forty florins and he 'd go all through the coinage down to the last ha'penny but erm oh I believe he was , he was er very aristocratic , very aristocratic , but er Father , cos he used to come over our house quite a lot when my mother was on the parochial church council , and er he had a curate that was quite leftish and he got himself on the old Board of Guardians and of course he used to sort of er go into the Labour Club and was quite of er father , he said to old Father one night he said erm he 's a funny chap your curate he said well he , he 's the son of a farm labourer he says and I 'm the son of a country squire and that 's the difference . |
| 8 | ‘ Your mother was of the Wolfline , ’ said Raynor . |
| 9 | Alison looked quite like her mother — only the mother was over the top and wore too much make-up . |
| 10 | Tomorrow , once her mother was over the small operation , she would have to think again about what she 'd overheard . |
| 11 | MV Yes , first of all because my mother was in the United States and , after the early 1960s , we were relatively free to travel . |
| 12 | The curtains twitched as the taxi pulled up outside her house and her mother was in the doorway . |
| 13 | His mother was in the kitchen doing the ironing and although the door was open she could n't see him . |
| 14 | She did n't dare go in : he was such a light sleeper , and he seemed to know by instinct when his mother was in the same room . |
| 15 | Grace 's mother was in the room now , and she was looking out of the window with her husband and daughter . |
| 16 | Mother was in the hall . |
| 17 | ‘ You were gentle , warm and willing but my mother was in the house . |
| 18 | This mother was in the terminal stages of yellow . |
| 19 | No there was er three lads in the double bed and er another two lads in the single bed in one room , and mother was in the front room of course she had husband in those days you see when we were growing up , there was a it was not unusual to sleep top-to- tail if we had any pals , if we had a party and we had any pals we 'd sleep top-to-tail one with a head at the bottom and others with their head at the top , sounds like something out of the Dickens when you start talking about it do n't it ? |
| 20 | The boy 's mother was from the Landes region , and Grégoire took after her rather than after Jean-Paul : he was very thin , very tanned , with a narrow solemn face , and thick black hair . |
| 21 | " I 'm not seeing a girl , " Patrick insisted with a grin , his sister was as eager to see him married off as his mother was against the idea . |
| 22 | Your mother was among the first batch of evacuees , too , like Lilian . |