Example sentences of "[verb] a lady [unc] " in BNC.

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1 I 've got a lady 's shell jacket , you know th like a shell suit but it 's just the jacket separate .
2 The race includes a ladies ' race , the first lady taking about five minutes longer to cover the distance .
3 ( He had always used a lady 's bike as a teenager because he thought the middle bar on a man 's one might do him a mischief if he cocked his leg over it carelessly . )
4 It 's no use a big and strong man trying to swing a lady 's club .
5 Following this was the rodeo World Championships on the Bitches which decided at the last minute to include a ladies ' competition .
6 In cold weather male golfers may prefer to use a ladies ' ball because it will have similar feel to that of a 90 compression ball in normal temperatures .
7 ‘ the mother of seven extremely fine girls all unmarried ’ who , perturbed by the bachelor curate 's approval of the Miss Brown 's child 's examination society , hastily forms a ladies ' Bible and Prayer-book Distribution Society ( ‘ treasurer , auditors and secretary , the Misses Johnson Parker ’ ) .
8 He was holding a lady 's girdle and he swivelled it like moving hips .
9 One day a trunk-load of winter woollens turned up , a gift from Johannesburg where a news item in the local paper had inspired a ladies ' circle to start knitting .
10 She went to do a lady 's hair and then the lady said well if you , could you just sort of trim my husband 's .
11 She was later to run a ladies ' outfitters in nearby Gorleston , on the Suffolk coast .
12 ‘ Come in , ’ called a lady 's voice from behind a door .
13 Joan formed a ladies ' committee at Trentham Park Golf Club dedicated to achieving the target .
14 The O'Briens ' club was far too new to have a Ladies ' Loo , and she was nearly out of Tampax .
15 ‘ She 's abroad , receiving a lady 's education .
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