That was the best compliment my mother could ever have paid me.

Because of this, the mother may pay more attention to the girl or favor her over the other children in the family.

Rather than fight the charge, his mother paid the $300 fine.

The mother would always pay the week's rent before she laid out anything even on food.

This new mother of twins, however, paid for her treatment herself.

These were the war years with no men around, so that mothers could pay a lot of attention to their children.

My mother paid me $10 to get out of the house.

His mother paid for them when the theft was discovered.

She was even lucky in a way that her mother never paid any real attention.

I didn't want my daughter to pay the price her mother has already paid.