Example sentences of "[prep] [art] girl ['s] " in BNC.

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1 At about this time tights were no longer worn on stage : ‘ wet white ’ was used for the Girls ' legs .
2 But all the same , Sara had not been prepared for the girls ' curiosity about Matthew .
3 Derwentside 's Laura Jackson was selected for the girls ' 14–16 years 100m freestyle but had to withdraw through injury .
4 Cos really that 'd pay for the girls ' nightshirts .
5 Moran said the Rosary early , at the end of which he added a prayer for the girl 's safekeeping in the world she was about to enter .
6 Wexford watched him feel for the girl 's hand , but she was occupied with Mrs Hatton , dabbing at her face and smoothing her hair .
7 Mada Joyce and a neighbour bent over the cooking fire arguing over the best decoction of herbs for the girl 's condition .
8 After a long argument , an offer from the Movement to take over financial responsibility for the girl 's education persuaded Mrs Gross to change her mind , Jean stayed on at her grammar school .
9 Ndembu say that the sapling 's pliancy stands for the girl 's immaturity and youth : the tree is sometimes stated to be the novice 's ‘ matrilineage ’ , and its leaves her ‘ children ’ .
10 The report ended with the information that the judge had told the jury that it would be very dangerous to record a conviction without independent support for the girl 's story .
11 He waited for the girl 's regular visits to the sick cow just as impatiently as his dog waited to be fed .
12 She liked the reflected glory of her daughter 's being with such a famous star , and thought it could do nothing but good for the girl 's future in the theatre .
13 For the girl 's eyes , which he was beginning to read as he read his own children 's , had flared briefly in vindictive joy , and again veiled themselves .
14 The main sources for the movement as it developed between 1880 and the early 1900s , were University Settlement Houses , Public School Missions , the ‘ Independents ’ , and the motley collection of local parish clubs and others , many of which were affiliated to larger parent organizations , such as the Girls ' Friendly Society , BB , YMCA , the Wesley Guild of Youth , and the Army Cadets .
15 The completed report cards were then passed on to the SCC for discussion , after which the details would be forwarded to either the association of SCCs ( covering a wider area than a single school ) , the ASEA , or to some other agency , such as the Girls ' Friendly Society , the Metropolitan Society for Befriending Young Servants or the Recreational Evening Schools Association .
16 The notion of friendship between classes also motivated organisations such as the Girls ' Friendly Society and the Metropolitan Society for Befriending Young Servants .
17 Sheila Steafel , in particular , turns in a sharp cameo as the girl 's vulgar , port-tippling mother , a disaster area in fake leopard-skin and stacked heels , whose irruption into the proceedings powerfully increases the confusion .
18 He is aided in this by good actors like Angela Punch McGregor as the girl 's mother and Bruno Lawrence ( so good in New Zealand 's in Smash Palace ) as the boy 's sea-faring mentor .
19 He is merely makin' a formal proposal of marriage and is simply askin' you as the girl 's father to think about it .
20 Differences between the girls ' and boys ' groups were marked chiefly by the extent to which they represented themselves as involved readers .
21 The limited ‘ defence ’ of mistake about the girl 's age , available to young men under 24 , was explained above , and the reason for creating such a limited ‘ defence ’ is that in general it has been held that the crime does not require any fault element as regards the girl 's age .
22 He was asked about the girl 's progress and about her ability ; he was asked for his impressions of the family .
23 Earlier , a care worker told the jury about the girl 's absences from the home : ‘ Unfortunately , we can not do anything about it .
24 As he sat there , he though about the interview , about the girl 's story .
25 The girl 's uncle , Garry Fitzgerald , a former social worker with Lambeth , had previously made complaints about the girl 's treatment by the SSD when she was living with her parents .
26 Although he had no doubts about the Girls ' standard of work he would only take up on Smith 's offer if his organization was efficient .
27 Our knowledge about the girls ' concern with personal relationships suggests that the introduction of some elements of the social sciences into the case studies might prove attractive .
28 In all cases the broken ore was allowed to fall about the girls ' feet from where it was shovelled by the younger boys and girls and wheeled to the respective piles or hoppers , At all stages waste was thrown aside ready for tramming or barrowing to the spoil heaps .
29 " Father , have you come to complain about the girls ' absence from school ? "
30 He had cut off the girl 's head and put it next to her father 's on the garden path , where they had been found by a neighbour .
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