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Examples
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“Do you have any idea what kind of person would walk out on, abandon her own child?” my father demanded.
As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010
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“Do you have any idea what kind of person would walk out on, abandon her own child?” my father demanded.
As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010
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Where did you get this child? the doctor asked, but his question was overwhelmed by the popping of champagne corks and the lusty crying of the baby.
Three Stations : An Arkady Renko Novel Martin Cruz Smith 2010
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What sort of person not only kidnaps your kid but then yanks the rug out from under your expectations, throws you for a loop, doubles the uncertainty, and deepens the anxiety for the fate of your child? they asked themselves as they filed out of the house.
NEVER WAVE GOODBYE DOUG MAGEE 2010
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Almost as soon as he began asking the students questions like that—“How do you think a Mother would feel when she knew she was to have a child?” and “What does love make?”
Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010
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Who could kill a child? he thought, and he felt killing anger rise and knew it would kill him before it would kill anyone else.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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"What will you do during this Resistance, child?" asked Kai Winn unexpectedly the next afternoon.
REBELS: THE LIBERATED, BOOK III OF III DAFYDD AB HUGH 2008
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Could you treat me more like a child? were null and void when terrorist brown people were on the loose.
What Would Emma Do? Eileen Cook 2008
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“Who is going to take care of this child?” she complained, pointing at Thabang, who was lying on a gray blanket.
No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007
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“What about my child?” the woman called after her as Emily went out the door.
Slaying is Such Sweet Sorrow Patricia Harwin 2005
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