Example sentences of "[prep] [art] girls ' [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Cos really that 'd pay for the girls ' nightshirts .
2 At about this time tights were no longer worn on stage : ‘ wet white ’ was used for the Girls ' legs .
3 But all the same , Sara had not been prepared for the girls ' curiosity about Matthew .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 " Father , have you come to complain about the girls ' absence from school ? "
8 She had informed Elizabeth Mowbray of the girls ' exchange of identities — information which the duchess had received thankfully , believing the exchange to have been necessary for Anne 's safety .
9 The driver was taken to the same hospital , but later moved to Wolverhampton for his own protection as angry relatives and friends of the girls ' families gathered in corridors .
10 And the lads used to go and pinch out of the girls ' bags .
11 In the mid-1950s a company of the Girls ' Life Brigade was formed with Mrs J H Montgomery as Captain and by the end of 1955 a Lifeboy Team was in existence .
12 Tears jumped into Evelyn 's eyes and she started to hurry in the direction of the girls ' barracks , ignoring the missiles which caught her on the back and arms or dropped uselessly on either side .
13 He was chairman of the Sunday School Union and treasurer of the Girls ' Brigade .
14 She teaches at Sleaford division of the Girls ' Brigade and also at her local Sunday school ; Phyl McMillan , of London , for her contribution to swimming for the disabled and for the over-50s , for whom she and her husband formed a club .
15 One of Mr Smith 's regular jobs was to send an agreed proportion of the Girls ' wages to their mothers .
16 But Geoffrey proved unable , or unwilling , to resist the claims of the girls ' uncles , James and Robert Harrington .
17 But Geoffrey proved unable , or unwilling , to resist the claims of the girls ' uncles , James and Robert Harrington .
18 Their tissues showed changes due to cancerous destruction , and contained substantial amounts of radioactive material , evidently absorbed because of the girls ' practice of licking the tips of their paint brushes to achieve a finer point .
19 Mother Bombie asked Evelyn as they trudged up the shingle path towards the girls ' house .
20 Now one can say well what are we aiming for in terms of the sexual harassment free environment , and I think that what one would be aiming for is if not the atmosphere of a girls ' convent school one 's certainly aiming at an environment where women can work and study and interact without the sense of being constantly on display as sexual objects , and , you know , to that extent I do n't know if it is the case that a large number of the respondents are saying , you know , ‘ I have come from an environment when I have n't had to deal with this before , and I do n't expect to have to deal with it ’ then we should certainly sit up and take notice of that .
21 Onlookers paying £40 a head might have disagreed , for though the clothes were gorgeous and the models undeniably pretty , the atmosphere was more like that of a girls ' boarding school than an haute couture show .
22 Peacock 's Crochet Castle was surrounded by gravel workings ; Disraeli 's Bentham was decaying behind Ministry of Defence barbed wire ; and the lawns of Jane Austen 's Mansfield Park were engulfed by the classrooms of a girls ' school .
23 She was the headmistress of a girls ' school .
24 ‘ When I was 16 , I sang outside the window of a girls ' school .
25 For all Arnim 's reputation for acerbic wit , in characters and style and ( mutatis mutandis ) in plot , this abridged version is exactly like a girls ' school story of 50 or 60 years ago , even to Lady Caroline 's nickname , Scrap , and the one amazing coincidence that makes fulfilment possible for Rose .
26 Previously many LEAs had employed advisers ( often called ‘ organizers ’ ) in subjects like music , occasionally in drama , and in physical education ( with the girls ' PE organizer often being interested in dance ) .
27 The concerns about what to wear , the latest haircuts and how to deal with acne were subjects I knew well — and I could identify with the girls ' interests too .
28 Hard-line street life does n't sit easily with the girls ' culture , and for all their stylish revolt , in the end the only way to belong seems to be to be part of the community of women .
29 He could not admit to his own heart that Surere was involved with the girls ' killings ; though perhaps — the dark thought was there — Huy was afraid to admit such a thing was possible , as he would then , however innocently , have played a part in their deaths .
30 He would have forfeited the fragile trust Surere had put in him , and if he turned him over to Kenamun , he would lose all trace of the delicate thread that seemed , somehow , to link Surere with the girls ' deaths .
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