By all accounts, the 50-year-old educator is deeply fond of children.

"Kim, I'm deeply fond of you, but at this moment I have to tell you to get out from under my feet."

The Astors were deeply fond of their dog and had come close to losing her on a previous trip when she went missing in Egypt.

Both of them were deeply fond of Hindi literature.

They were deeply fond of Nigel and he of them.

He was deeply fond of his horse as well, rode hard and frequently, and yet could walk away from it too.

Deeply fond of her parents, she was educated at home until aged fourteen.

He sounded reluctant but resigned to the move - a man who was deeply fond of his former apartment.

Richard was deeply fond of both of them.

I have all my life, since ever I can remember, been deeply fond of children.