Example sentences of "child ['s] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So when someone in a child 's life dies they are often told fabricated versions of what has happened . |
| 2 | But babysitters who 've completed the course can show a certificate of competence to the child 's parents to reassure them . |
| 3 | ‘ It is of great importance that a child 's environment enables him to enlarge his living sphere , according to his own abilities and without being restrained by traffic , from his home surroundings to the neighbourhood and beyond . |
| 4 | I put my hand round the child 's neck to stop him shouting . |
| 5 | Similarly where no such trust has been brought about : if , say , a child 's family disintegrates it may well be but the beginning of a whole sequence of misfortunes and unsatisfactory care arrangements in institutions and foster homes . |
| 6 | They say that parents who pay for their children 's education expect them to be given homework . |
| 7 | many children 's solicitors found it difficult to determine the child 's competence to give instructions . |
| 8 | The children 's parents help me to put on pantomimes to raise money for outings and the Christmas party . ’ |
| 9 | When you 've lived on subsistence for two years what do you do when your shoes wear out , when you get a £100 fuel bill , when the washing machine breaks down , when a pair of children 's shoes cost you more than you 'd spend on your own ? |
| 10 | ‘ Remember , the new Children 's Act gives them rights too and a court will usually consider that it is in the child 's interest to know both parents where possible and reasonable . ’ |
| 11 | The Children 's Act emphasises we have to do what is best for the child , and that has tended to mean more children are taken into care or placed in foster care , ’ he added . |
| 12 | There was the man who had killed Khan and who later would go barefoot into the children 's room to kiss them and not wake them . |
| 13 | By 1935 the success of the children 's books made it possible for Ransome to buy a sea-going boat once again . |
| 14 | Has the way that you 've dealt with your children 's anxieties brought you closer to them ? |