Example sentences of "[prep] his mother [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he ate , he became aware of his Mother watching him . |
| 2 | And does Bob Halton have to use his old car or the demands of his mother to protect him from yet another demanding woman , whom he senses beneath the caring , loving girl he married ? |
| 3 | But with his mother arrested it was now up to him to take charge of the rebellion in Poitou . |
| 4 | He never earned a degree , but an allowance from his mother gave him the financial independence to devote himself to a career as writer . |
| 5 | On 3 June he received a letter from his mother saying she was ill , on the outside of which her doctor had written ‘ Venez ! |
| 6 | On 7 July Amedeo wrote a card to his mother telling her , somewhat cruelly , that as Italy was now in the war , he had thought that he might be called back for military service , even though he was an invalid and had felt a slight desire to return to Italy . |
| 7 | To young to join in the usual share-out of meat after a kill , he had waited instead for his mother to give him a portion of hers . |
| 8 | Mrs Shirley Hayden , headteacher of Our Lady 's school in nearby Crowthorne , Berks , said : ‘ Oliver had been waiting for his mother to pick him up as usual at 3.15pm . |
| 9 | Nothing was heard from him after he faxed a message home giving arrangements for his mother to meet him to celebrate her 40th birthday . |