Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] girl [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vicki is also favourite for the undefended girls ' 1618 years 100m butterfly title . |
| 2 | Curbishley then stepped up for the intermediate girls ' 300 metres hurdles and proceeded to win by 25 metres in a time of 43.9 secs , 1.6 seconds inside the Division Five record . |
| 3 | Our crewmates warned us about the Biranese girls ' reputation as practitioners of a dangerous form of magic which could trap a man on their island for ever ; then they disappeared ashore into the backstreets . |
| 4 | It 's a really terrible thing to have happened to such a sweet couple , ’ Carole murmured warmly , putting a comforting arm about the other girl 's shoulder . |
| 5 | ‘ Which seems to be part of the poor girl 's trouble . |
| 6 | Dumbfounded , Caroline watched him catch hold of the dark girl 's arms , steadying her . |
| 7 | Caroline caught the heady waft of the other girl 's perfume . |
| 8 | She remembered the beautiful , sullen face and the sensual movement of the other girl 's body in the yellow dress , and an odd pang assailed her , piercing her to the heart with its intensity . |
| 9 | Mr McEwan said police had so far been unable to trace any members of the missing girl 's family still living in the Coatbridge area . |
| 10 | Mr McEwan said that police had been unable to trace any members of the missing girl 's family still living in the Coatbridge area . |
| 11 | Until yesterday , after so many years , police had been unable to trace any members of the missing girl 's family . |
| 12 | A member of the Scottish Girls ' team for the European Team championship , she led the side to victory in the Home Internationals . |
| 13 | poisoner who kills one of his nieces for profit after effecting an insurance on her life , and is planning to do the same to her sister , but is foiled by the cunning of the dead girl 's lover , Meltham , assisted by Mr Sampson , the manager of a City insurance office . |
| 14 | " I would go through agony , " she remembers , citing the instance of the British Girls ' Championship she played at Dunbar when she was no more than 10 years of age . |
| 15 | What a ruthless bastard he was , she found herself thinking , the pain on Stephanie 's face touching her despite the other girl 's undisguised hatred . |
| 16 | In fact , Laura had refused to accept from her friend anything more than a small token sum towards the other girl 's rent . |
| 17 | The event starts at 1.30pm and all proceeds will go towards the little girl 's travelling expenses . |
| 18 | Greig explores the way in which people choose to remember the past through the reactions of the boy 's sister ( her angry rejection ) , the boy 's lover ( her confused sadness ) , and the impartial perspective of a young girl 's view from 1989 . |
| 19 | She watched fitzAlan walk away from her and saw him walking out of her life , saw the final destruction of a young girl 's dream that her mind had rejected and yet her heart could not relinquish . |
| 20 | I was , I explained , a bit of a big girl 's blouse when it came to crumbling ledges , sheer drops , being underwater for unreasonable lengths of time and squeezing into jam jar sized spaces . |
| 21 | The ‘ Ulster In Focus ’ films feature local actor B.J. Hogg as Erik , a Viking leader who ingeniously arrives in the 1990s through the screen of a little girl 's computer game . |
| 22 | For a girl used to the noise and chaos of an all girls ' apartment , Buckingham Palace felt like anywhere but home . |
| 23 | Alison Fiske plays the housekeeper Mrs Pearce like the brisk and plummy matron of an exclusive girls ' boarding school , while Robin Bailey offers continuous delight as a ripe and fruity Col Pickering , finding humour in even the most unpromising lines . |
| 24 | ( The ‘ Daddy ’ caught the slight quack of an English girls ' public school . |
| 25 | He decided she was as clear and pure as water , against the other girls ' coarseness . |
| 26 | It was taking all the pleasure out of things and Maggie 's lips drooped like a disappointed girl 's . |
| 27 | There was no trace of breasts , and her hip bones jutted out like a young girl 's . |
| 28 | Somehow , they brought out in Gran a likeness to Jake and Adam , less in the features than in the look of the eyes , wide and clear like a passionate girl 's . |
| 29 | He was fighting for a young girl 's honour , and the honour of the police-force . |
| 30 | Tom was to suffer , through no fault of his own , for a silly girl 's anger at being ‘ tied down ’ . |