Example sentences of "girls ' [noun sg] school " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Arthur 's Cousin Amy , ’ responded his sister firmly , ‘ works as a secretary at a girls ' boarding school . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She got a first at Girton and taught , for most of her life , in a girls ' boarding school . |
| 5 | She left her girls ' boarding school ( St Mary 's , Calne ) without any notion of saving the planet , and did a number of well-bred girls ' things in London and Paris — Harrods ' toy department , a cordon bleu course , door-to-door sales , modelling — before starting what she regards as her first proper job , in an advertising agency 's information department . |
| 6 | From aged twelve to fourteen I was on Sundays marched , crocodile-wise , from my girls ' boarding school to the local Anglican church . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | THE body of a new-born baby was found yesterday in a locker at a girls ' grammar school . |
| 9 | Police were called to Highsted Girls ' Grammar School at Sittingbourne , Kent . |
| 10 | In the autumn of 1959 I was eleven , and I went to the girls ' grammar school down the road . |
| 11 | In December came the end of her teaching at Blesford Girls ' Grammar School . |
| 12 | The headmistress at Bishop Auckland Girls ' Grammar School walked into the school hall in tears . |
| 13 | In addition , two female science students who had attended girls ' grammar schools felt that they had been disadvantaged : |