Example sentences of "the girls ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Instead of going into the green room , we went to the girls ' dressing room . |
| 3 | In the girls ' peer group there was more use of consensual suggesting forms like ‘ lets ’ . |
| 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 | What will happen when other individuals lay claim to the girls ' affection and loyalty is another question . |
| 6 | Mrs Christley said that the girls ' help was invaluable . |
| 7 | For instance , teachers involved in this scheme would know that the success of their female pupils would be very carefully monitored , and that senior people in the school would be looking at the girls ' test results . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They went through unbeaten , as did Surrey in the girls ' event . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | as if he suddenly wanted to return the girls ' favour on this Monaghan Day , he spoke to them openly about the war for the first time in their lives . |
| 12 | On 18 November 1898 Miss Smart was appointed to the Girls ' School at £50 rising to £60 per annum , and Miss Townsend appointed Certificated Assistant at £65 , rising to £75 per annum . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | In May 1908 the Girls ' Work Meeting was able to give the proceeds of a sale of work ( £25 ) to the church . |
| 15 | But while they gave support and commitment , it was lesbians who were at the forefront of change when the Girls ' Work Movement came to life in the late seventies and early eighties . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Now , hands on hips , she was checking the girls ' work . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The lesson proceeded slowly and hauntingly , the flow of French conversation was not at all brisk on the girls ' part and the constant pauses began to irritate Mademoiselle . |
| 20 | It always gave Anne goosebumps , especially when the unidentified male voice answered the girls ' plea for Mr Sandman to bring them a dream with a drawn-out , ever-so-slightly creepy ‘ ye-e-es ? ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Secondly , the events which followed the girls ' departure from institutional care were important . |
| 24 | She went over to the pool and found the book on a table , damp from having been left out all night among towels and goggles , sunglasses , an old Daily Telegraph and the girls ' bikini bottoms . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Last night the girls ' grandmother Della Schoo , said : ‘ I have no idea why the children were left alone . |
| 27 | The girls ' grandmother , Frances Smith , was badly burned and spent months in hospital after the attack in September last year . |
| 28 | Edward IV now gave the girls ' wardship to the Stanleys , a family powerful enough to resist the Harringtons ' claims . |
| 29 | Edward IV now gave the girls ' wardship to the Stanleys , a family powerful enough to resist the Harringtons ' claims . |
| 30 | One of Spiegelman 's boldest frames shows their bodies dangling among trees at one side of a wood that also holds , on the far side , the Spiegelman family car in which Vladek , 40 years on , recounts the girls ' story to his son . |