Example sentences of "[prep] the officers ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The camp guards had allowed the baby six months ' life and then , when Elisabeth was selected for the officers ' brothel and her breasts required for purposes other than those of nourishing a Jewish infant , a non-commissioned officer , having polished his boots , drawn up the mess accounts , written an affectionate note to his wife and son and relieved his bladder , took Elisabeth Danziger 's baby from her arms and dashed out its brains against the stone wall outside his office . |
| 2 | After dark the men of the SAS crept in and obtained the necessary tentage and equipment to set themselves up , including even a piano for the officers ' mess . |
| 3 | My wife acted as housekeeper for the officers ' houses and Mrs Weaverhurst , the headmistress , took charge of St Michael 's . |
| 4 | And I feel sorry for the officers ' families who have to know that every time they go to work they 're in this sort of danger . |
| 5 | He kept in touch with General Nečas , leader of the officers ' group , by radio . |
| 6 | The same order changed the colour of the last area of facing on the khaki jacket — the buttoned shoulder strap — from sky-blue to white , to bring it into line with the colour of the officers ' transverse shoulder straps , the NCOs ' chevrons , and the trouser stripes . |
| 7 | Later he denied having ever attended committee meetings of the Officers ' Union , or indeed having done more than establish four branches for them at Glasgow , Leith , Liverpool and Hull before resigning in September 189I . |
| 8 | The co-ordinating council of the officers ' assemblies set up in January [ see p. 38730 ] sent a message to the summit calling on delegates to agree on the draft proposals on military issues , to halt troop withdrawal from eastern Europe until social protection for servicemen could be assured , and to maintain the military at an adequate level for defence . |
| 9 | They took just over an hour to go through the Maxwell possession … some items were taken away in the boot of the officers ' car . |
| 10 | The setting of the officers ' mess on board HMS Plymouth has been chosen by the actors to give an authentic feel to the show . |
| 11 | The Adjutant abandons the idea of a coffee and hurries towards the Officers ' Mess Where the Inspecting Officer is due to arrive shortly . |
| 12 | At the Luftwaffe base outside Warsaw , Asa walked towards the officers ' mess , feeling unaccountably depressed . |
| 13 | Jinkwa had used cremation ceremony speech number 401 from the officers ' manual to stimulate just that effect . |
| 14 | The Shaw solution to the inequality of the coal ration was simple : just change the signs on the compounds , A perfect balance system was introduced and there was no complaint from the officers ' batmen — well they would not would they " ? |
| 15 | They are believed to have worked in the officers ' mess of a signals unit posted to Moortsel , a village near Tervuren , 10 miles east of Brussels , in September 1944 . |
| 16 | Brigadier Scott is taken to the Sergeants ' Mess to meet the Mess members , all of Whom have played vital parts either as instructors or in the administrative support of the recruits ' training , prior to lunching in the Officers ' Mess . |
| 17 | In this business , as soon as one meal is complete there is a need to start on the next , and the ACC chefs of the battalion , lunch behind them , had now to prepare for the functions to be held that evening in the Officers ' , and Warrant Officers ' and Sergeants ' Messes for 180 and 350 people respectively . |
| 18 | The driver of the truck sent to meet Charles and his baggage at the railhead south of Arras , had told him that Lord Christopher — Charles did n't ask the surname — was waiting for him in the Officers ' Mess of 2nd Grenadiers . |
| 19 | It informs and amuses as Dea/Jella , working her passage on the MV Minos , turns into a beer-swigging hearty in the officers ' mess . |
| 20 | Behrend who entertained us in the Officers ' Mess for an evening meal and breakfast . |
| 21 | Private Richard Downs , 19 , said he was serving as a bar steward in the officers ' mess of the First Battalion Duke of Wellington 's Regiment on election night — April 9 . |
| 22 | However , it is believed that due to remarks made about ‘ A ’ Flight 's flying capabilities in the Officers ' Mess on the night before the Air Officer Commanding 's ( AOC 'd ) Annual Inspection , this happened the next day . |
| 23 | We had worked in the kitchens , in the Officers ' mess and the clothing stores , and had spent afternoons and evenings discussing our futures together . |
| 24 | Two days after the two men returned from Germany , the SS officer pulled her aside in the officers ' mess . |
| 25 | That first morning I was served a rudimentary breakfast in the Officers ' Home . |
| 26 | The delicacy of the situation , with their parents and often their grandparents there and everything ( as in a thwarted erotic dream ) , would hardly explain the lack of visual stimulation ; and I get on like a house on fire with the girls in the officers ' bordello . |
| 27 | In the officers ' club , when we are drinking ( which we nearly always are ) , and where shit is constantly mentioned and invoked , we sometimes refer to Auschwitz as Anus Mundi . |
| 28 | In the officers ' bordello , which is situated , appropriately , at the far corner of the Experimental Block ( its windows permanently shuttered or boarded ) , I have changed the amatory habits of a lifetime . |
| 29 | In the Officers ' Mess Bill made his first acquaintance of a kind of Senior Common Room . |
| 30 | In the officers ' mess afterwards , Benson laughed at what he said had been Edward 's expression in the last moments of the interview — ‘ pained , old boy , quite pained . |