Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] the girl ['s] " in BNC.
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1 | Needing air he got up abruptly — wishing to Christ that Lowell would take his thick ugly fingers off the girl 's neck . |
2 | Mada Joyce and a neighbour bent over the cooking fire arguing over the best decoction of herbs for the girl 's condition . |
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 | The accused , who can not be named for legal reasons , also deny taking nude photographs of the children while they themselves were naked and showing the pictures to the girl 's mother . |
5 | A senior officer said : ‘ We have no reason to doubt the essentials of the girl 's story . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | England youth squad member Lee Dalzell ( GatesheadWhickham ) clearly heads the qualifiers in the girls ' 15 years 100m breaststroke . |
8 | Not only have your reports been first-lass but I have been particularly pleased that you were able to establish and maintain such good relations with the girl 's family and with the police . |
9 | Differences between the girls ' and boys ' groups were marked chiefly by the extent to which they represented themselves as involved readers . |
10 | The girl comes from a large and extended family and at all times when my client and its officers were trying to obtain information and ascertain the conditions the girl was living in , their task was made more difficult , in some cases very difficult indeed , sir , by the attitude to the authorities of certain members of the girl 's family . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | The men , jacketless , their sweaters like the girls ' . |
13 | She tore the glittering strands from the girl 's face , slapped her cheeks , tilted her head , pinched her nose , exhaled into her mouth , pummelled her chest . |
14 | There were tears in the girl 's eyes now . |
15 | There were tears in the girls ' eyes as they tried to smile back . |
16 | They found no group differences in the girls ' abilities to anticipate consequences of actions . |
17 | Odd that he had n't noticed how long the fingers were or with what apparent gentleness they had taped the plastic bags over the girl 's hand to preserve , as he had tonelessly explained , conscientious in his role of instructor , any evidence under the fingernails . |
18 | The girl 's uncle , Garry Fitzgerald , a former social worker with Lambeth , had previously made complaints about the girl 's treatment by the SSD when she was living with her parents . |
19 | But Geoffrey proved unable , or unwilling , to resist the claims of the girls ' uncles , James and Robert Harrington . |
20 | But Geoffrey proved unable , or unwilling , to resist the claims of the girls ' uncles , James and Robert Harrington . |
21 | Certainly all reports spoke of genuine smiles on the Girls ' faces , of their brightness and animation . |
22 | Reporting restrictions on the girl 's identity would remain in force . |