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  • I do all the shopping, cooking, cleaning and child-minding and have always been upbeat about it.

    Ask Amy washingtonpost.com 2010

  • But not Ofsted who accuse the pair of running "an illegal child-minding business".

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • Activities at public facilities (child-minding, museum guide, etc)

    Japanese and today’s society: part 2 of 3 2007

  • According to people close to the Palins, Sarah expects her daughters to be responsible for the cooking, cleaning and child-minding tasks when her important functions make it impossible for her to do it.

    A day late and a turkey short. CC 2009

  • I'll work though till 5pm when I take over child-minding duties again.

    Book Chick City Book Chick City 2009

  • The case of Leanne Shepherd and Lucy Jarrett - the job-sharing police constables whose child-minding arrangements have become a matter of some controversy* - rightly enrages all sensible folk.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • The idea behind this is good, but I fear it is going to allow for further separation of parents from their children as they become reliant on the cell-phone to do the child-minding.

    Tracking Kids with Google Latitude | Sync Blog 2009

  • My non-medical time was spent delivering children to various child-minding facilities, renovating our house, and indulging in my hobby of computers and electronics.

    Barry J. Marshall - Autobiography 2006

  • I haven't been posting (or working much) because my wife has been in bed with pneumonia and I've been doing extra child-minding duties.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Roger Langridge 2006

  • I haven't been posting (or working much) because my wife has been in bed with pneumonia and I've been doing extra child-minding duties.

    I'm still not dead Roger Langridge 2006

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