Example sentences of "father ['s] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was not a lot of point in bringing these gifts , since her father 's allotment kept them well supplied with fresh vegetables ( although he did not grow sweet peas , considering them more trouble than they were worth ) . |
| 2 | I suddenly heard my father 's voice telling me that all acting is mere imitation . |
| 3 | Her father 's voice jerked her into the drawing-room . |
| 4 | However , it does seem likely that his father 's views influenced him even so early . |
| 5 | Her father 's work took him at least as far as Shalstone , Buckinghamshire , and her own work took her as far as Edgcote on the Oxfordshire border . |
| 6 | Because in 1982 , when I was nine years old , my father 's work brought us to North Cornwall , where the landscapes are among the most magical on Earth and the legend of King Arthur still burns . |
| 7 | ‘ Two sets of twins , all boys , as indicated by the horoscopes drawn up for Lucia and Michele , which greatly influenced her father 's decision to allow them to marry . ’ |
| 8 | In 1783 his father 's will enabled him to establish full control of the business . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes — but my father 's will makes it clear he wished her to remain here , and , as you know , she has no desire to move . ’ |
| 10 | And your father 's eyes meet mine . |
| 11 | ‘ It was about a month ago ; one afternoon I sort of burst into father 's office to ask him something . |
| 12 | Jesus is the one called to the Father 's side to help us , according to the Epistle . |
| 13 | The Spirit is the one called from the Father 's side to help us , according to the Gospel . |
| 14 | The apparent cause was his father 's attempt to force him to go to church . |
| 15 | For instance , erm erm a good illustration of this is Locke 's erm erm argument on the right of inheritance and erm in this case I am quoting from the first treatise of government the right a son has to be maintained , has to be maintained and provided with the necessary the necessities and conveniences of life out of his father 's stock gives him a right to succeed to his father 's property for his own good but this can give him no right to succeed also to the rule which his father had over other men . |
| 16 | And after all , Rothesay , so they said , had led Margaret a dog 's life after all her father 's pains to secure him for her , and been by any standard a poor bargain for any girl , having worn out so many before her — including , the bolder gossips whispered , Dunbar 's unhappy daughter , affianced and bedded but never wed . |
| 17 | Wolski survived because his brother Avram put a hand to his back and despite his father 's protests pushed him forward from the line when the Germans said they wanted shoemakers and tailors . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought , ’ she said , ignoring her father 's advice to treat him with kid gloves , ‘ not that it 's any business of yours , that I might potter into Nice for the day . ’ |
| 19 | And then , thank God , your father 's summons sent me south . ’ |
| 20 | I did n't give this observation a lot of thought until my father 's death left me with no one else to whom I could turn . |
| 21 | Her father 's death caused her to take a governess post in 1893 , but she studied part-time and obtained a London BA in 1897 , and then worked in teaching and governess posts until 1908 . |
| 22 | John , as a child , loved dressing up ; he and his friends played with old clothes kept in a big trunk , and his cousin Petrie writes that the costumes of his father 's club gave him opportunities to indulge in this game . |
| 23 | Your grandfather 's and father 's legacy enabled you to do just that to study and enjoy the arts . |
| 24 | The farm was her prison until her inheritance from her father 's estate freed her in three years ' time . |
| 25 | Sometime around the middle of the week , Dr MacLennan was allowed to see me for a while , after Diggs overruled my father 's refusal to have me medically inspected by anybody else but him . |