Example sentences of "[prep] the officers ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My wife acted as housekeeper for the officers ' houses and Mrs Weaverhurst , the headmistress , took charge of St Michael 's . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The setting of the officers ' mess on board HMS Plymouth has been chosen by the actors to give an authentic feel to the show . |
| 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 | He kept in touch with General Nečas , leader of the officers ' group , by radio . |
| 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 Adjutant abandons the idea of a coffee and hurries towards the Officers ' Mess Where the Inspecting Officer is due to arrive shortly . |
| 11 | At the Luftwaffe base outside Warsaw , Asa walked towards the officers ' mess , feeling unaccountably depressed . |
| 12 | 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 " ? |
| 13 | Jinkwa had used cremation ceremony speech number 401 from the officers ' manual to stimulate just that effect . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It informs and amuses as Dea/Jella , working her passage on the MV Minos , turns into a beer-swigging hearty in the officers ' mess . |
| 18 | Behrend who entertained us in the Officers ' Mess for an evening meal and breakfast . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | We had worked in the kitchens , in the Officers ' mess and the clothing stores , and had spent afternoons and evenings discussing our futures together . |
| 22 | Two days after the two men returned from Germany , the SS officer pulled her aside in the officers ' mess . |
| 23 | In the Officers ' Mess Bill made his first acquaintance of a kind of Senior Common Room . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Having arranged a guard on the aircraft we all went back to Shaibah , where we were entertained by the one lady passenger in the Officers ' Mess . |
| 26 | And er my memories really go back to er the , probably the more pleasant things in the erm mission parties that we were invited to , the film shows in the Officers ' Mess , er going to a Glenn Miller dance erm which was held in the hangar up here erm , I do n't think we really , or I really appreciated them so much at the time as I do now . |
| 27 | No doubt there 'll be many reminiscences in the Officers ' Mess , but some parts of its history may never be told . |
| 28 | That first morning I was served a rudimentary breakfast in the Officers ' Home . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |