Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun sg] [prep] [art] women [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When civil war broke out in Ireland she became president of the Women 's Prisoners ' Defence League . |
| 2 | , George Robert ( 1847–1922 ) , writer , was born at 8 Newton Terrace , Kennington , London , 2 September 1847 , the eldest of the six children of George Sims , wine merchant , cabinet manufacturer , and plate-glass factor , and his wife Louisa Amelia Ann Stevenson , who became president of the Women 's Provident League . |
| 3 | I went round all the hospitals in Edinburgh and Leith all the doctors surgeries and there was nowhere and I ended up at the the women 's unit in Edinburgh City Chambers and I got help from the women 's unit and er from there we started a pressure group to get more literature to people , you know to get them into doctor 's surgeries so as they would know what to do , what to expect . |
| 4 | In 1886 she became secretary to the Women 's Protective and Provident League ( founded by Emma Patterson ) but resigned in 1889 when events in London 's East End convinced her that a more radical , socialist approach to women 's trade unionism was needed . |
| 5 | The presentation took place during a women 's enterprise forum , held at the Impasse Centre , Corporation Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 6 | A mean-looking door gave entry to the women 's cloakroom on the left , and , a few yards down , a similar door led to the men 's washroom on the right . |
| 7 | She became treasurer to the Women 's Social and Political Union , and with her husband 's support soon became a key figure in the suffragette movement . |