Example sentences of "and [pron] father " in BNC.
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| 1 | And my father 's said he 's going to help me with the fees , so it 's all going to work out . ’ |
| 2 | There was a knock on the door in the early hours of the morning , she had curlers in her hair , and my father , thinking it was for him , told her not to panic . |
| 3 | My parents have moved to near Glasgow ; there is plenty of work and my father and mother are happy in the big city . |
| 4 | I remember I kept saying , ‘ Is this it ? ’ and my father said , ‘ No , a bit further . ’ |
| 5 | No matter how corny the characters in the picture postcard parish of Rathcullen , I recognised the fields , I knew the smell of Guinness from drunk men 's breath , and my father wore a cap just like Darby O'Gill 's . |
| 6 | The title of the holding company was The British Cocoa and Chocolate Company and my father was the chairman . |
| 7 | It was like this — my uncle and my father came to Britain first and my uncle gave his pay packet to my father , who is older . |
| 8 | When my grandparents came over , the next pay packet from my uncle and my father went straight to my grandfather . |
| 9 | My mother was hysterical and my father called me a lot of unpleasant names . |
| 10 | In the end I remember I said to him that I was just a spoilt Yank and my father sent me money so he need n't worry about a thing . |
| 11 | There had been a heavy fall of snow , and my father , clearing the path in front of our house , had suddenly felt a terrible pain in his chest . |
| 12 | ‘ That might explain , might n't it , Sam , why she and my father were so distant with each other ? |
| 13 | They looked scared , and my father looked sick . |
| 14 | We discovered a strange fortuity : her mother and my father had been born in the same town of Dumfries and , moreover , we had a marriage connection — her cousin had married my cousin 's cousin ! |
| 15 | ‘ He and my father were in the army together , friends . |
| 16 | Our situation is pressing and my father has therefore decided to let me go alone . |
| 17 | I told my father and mother about this and my father said : ‘ Is there anything that you lack ? |
| 18 | The rear door of the car opened and my father was observed to be standing there , a few steps back from the vehicle , gazing steadily into the interior . |
| 19 | Miss Kenton and my father had arrived at the house at more or less the same time — that is to say , the spring of 1922 — as a consequence of my losing at one stroke the previous housekeeper and under-butler . |
| 20 | Further assistance was called , a bath-chair arrived in due course , and my father was transported up to his room . |
| 21 | Back in Cardiff , my name went up on the Honours Board and my father , in the last year before his retirement , quietly enjoyed the thought that I was to spend at least part of my life in the county in which his father had been born . |
| 22 | René Ahrenson is being our business manager , and right now she and my father are having discussions prior to contacting ACT re the booking of the tour . ’ |
| 23 | Really they need a horse-whipping , and my father would have administered it , I assure you , if he had come across such fiends ! |
| 24 | Oh yes , for many years , and my father before me . |
| 25 | And my father found them , and … and they fought . |
| 26 | My exam results and my father 's comments upon them left me shrivelled . |
| 27 | and my father to me . |
| 28 | My mother was dead and my father , due to ill health , had to retire from the university on a small pension . |
| 29 | It was almost a year before Farr 's was rebuilt and my father worked at his forge in the open air right through the winter . |
| 30 | The train was substantially made of strong timber and my father had painted it green — the livery colour of the London and South Western Railway . |