Example sentences of "mother ['s] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt the miserable decline of my happiness as I imagined the girl 's innocence and the futility of her mother 's efforts to save her from a cruel death . |
| 2 | first , my mother 's allergy meant she would sneeze every time she came near the owl , and , secondly , my little sister was so fascinated by Dawn that I could n't keep her away . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm afraid a quarter of a million pounds sterling paid out on your mother 's life makes it my business . ’ |
| 4 | From the floor , his mother 's cat eyed him viciously . |
| 5 | If the first were correct , surely a house full of children and servants would have heard poor William 's pleas and , even if they had been too frightened of his mother 's retribution to release him , surely they would have passed him food . |
| 6 | Then she heard , barely a distant whisper , but clearly , her mother 's voice telling her that the Great Wall of China is the only human-made object that can be identified from the surface of the moon . |
| 7 | ‘ No , Mother 's parents told her , not knowing of course why Phena wanted to know . |
| 8 | A case of forcing one set of data into mother 's mould to make them look alike ? |
| 9 | I had long been a believer in voluntary euthanasia , and my mother 's experience strengthened it ; for to me what matters most is not the length of a person 's life but its quality , and that death , when it comes , should have dignity . |
| 10 | I , in my turn , was surprised to find how much I was looking forward to a day on my own , and mildly surprised at my mother 's willingness to leave me to it . |
| 11 | Putt turned to go inside his room , but when he tried to close the door , his mother 's foot prevented it and she pushed past him . |
| 12 | CLAUDIUS : Friends both , go join you with some further aid : Hamlet in madness hath Polonius slain , and from his mother 's closet hath he dragged him . |
| 13 | But the end of his mother 's letter cheered him despite the regret he felt , the memory he could still conjure up of Jonas and himself as boys , flying a kite in a London park , tussling with one another , kicking a football . |
| 14 | Milk is still a vital food for their babies , but the young do not emerge from their mother 's womb to take it until they are much more developed . |
| 15 | " Your mother 's death caused me great pain , Paul , you already know that . |
| 16 | A young herring gull taps its mother 's beak to trigger her into regurgitating its next meal . |