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Examples
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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
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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
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Activities at public facilities (child-minding, museum guide, etc)
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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
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I'll work though till 5pm when I take over child-minding duties again.
Book Chick City Book Chick City 2009
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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