Example sentences of "[prep] [art] girls ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But all the same , Sara had not been prepared for the girls ' curiosity about Matthew . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | " Father , have you come to complain about the girls ' absence from school ? " |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He was chairman of the Sunday School Union and treasurer of the Girls ' Brigade . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Mother Bombie asked Evelyn as they trudged up the shingle path towards the girls ' house . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She was the headmistress of a girls ' school . |
| 15 | ‘ When I was 16 , I sang outside the window of a girls ' school . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | So it was Biff , brandishing The Gaffer , who strode into the girls ' dormitory at first light . |
| 20 | After a short period working with a girls ' club in Lambeth ( an LMH settlement ) , she became involved in the non-militant suffrage movement . |
| 21 | With their recently acquired wealth from the girls ' success , the Polgars have been able to buy an adjoining apartment to make one multi-roomed home . |
| 22 | The same went for all the climbing and jumping across the back court , over high walls and coal bunkers , that we did in the girls ' gang . |
| 23 | They took a special interest in the girls ' curriculum and , in keeping with the ‘ equal but different ’ philosophy , tended to promote the study of domestic subjects . |
| 24 | As he watched his gifted little daughter sobbing her heart out prior to taking the tee in the Girls ' Championship at Leven in 1975 , he told her that she must either play without fuss or stop playing altogether . |
| 25 | In the girls ' peer group there was more use of consensual suggesting forms like ‘ lets ’ . |
| 26 | In the girls ' event , Catherine Wittenberg ( Kent ) , consolidated her position as leader of the Reebok 12 and under Grand Prix table by reaching the final , but missed out on maximum points when she lost to Claire Sewell ( York ) 6–4 6–1 . |
| 27 | They went through unbeaten , as did Surrey in the girls ' event . |
| 28 | I found Bunny in the girls ' kitchen the next morning trying to find something to eat that was n't raw carrot , muesli or Ryvita and something to drink other than herbal tea . |
| 29 | In fact it has been mainly the lesbians in the girls ' work movement who have been developing a determination to make the links between all oppressions , and who have become very clear about the need for that work to be accessible to all young women . |
| 30 | One day a member of staff found a man smoking in the girls ' dining room . |