Example sentences of "lady ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | In Sweden , British species such as dog rose , cowslip and ladies ' bedstraw are thought to have been lost from polluted woods , where the nitrogen-loving nettle and acid-tolerant wood sorrel now occur . |
2 | The top right-hand corner was decorated with small rose leaves interspersed with some ladies ' bedstraw , on which I arranged some geums and cow parsley centres . |
3 | It 's the ladies ' turn — MO'G ) |
4 | Solihull ladies ' guild , formed in 1964 , was made into a branch in October last year , thus admitting men through its hallowed portals for the first time ! |
5 | Five years ago Hamish Fraser asked Lossiemouth ladies ' guild to supply him with a collecting box to take to work on oil rig MCP 01 in the North Sea . |
6 | A CHEQUE for £2,084.19 was presented to Newquay ladies ' guild by Newquay Pearl , the money being raised during the past year by the organisation of several specialist events in aid of the RNLI . |
7 | A CHEQUE for just over £117 has been presented to Bournemouth ladies ' guild by PIP Printing , Bournemouth . |
8 | AFTER an outstandingly successful year of fund raising in 1990 , totalling £13,000 , Broadstairs ladies ' guild were able to make use of an empty shop in Harbour Street which the owner allowed to be used free of charge . |
9 | THE West Wight ladies ' guild announced the very pleasing results of its fund raising efforts for 1990 with a total of £17,833 being forwarded to Headquarters . |
10 | Luncheon with a definitely fishy flavour was served by Rochdale Ladies ' guild recently . |
11 | A cheque was presented to the Abersoch branch of the South Caernarvonshire ladies ' guild . |
12 | A buffet lunch to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sutton-on- Sea and Trusthorpe ladies ' guild was held at the Enterprise Club in March , attended by 72 supporters . |
13 | A special luncheon to celebrate 25 years of fund raising was organised in March by Sutton Coldfield ladies ' guild and 90 guests , including several past members , travelled long distances for the occasion . |
14 | More than £500 was collected during the day and the Minehead Ladies ' guild was one of three charities to benefit from the collection . |
15 | The 100th anniversary of the start of the RNLI street collections was celebrated during the annual Shoreham Lifeboat Week , organised by the Shoreham and Lancing ladies ' guild and Shoreham Harbour lifeboat society . |
16 | One of the sellers was Nairn ladies ' guild , who had been given the plate to sell for the guild 's funds , and this was the one I bought at the Bradford Exchange price . |
17 | Outright winners on points of the Four Chamber Shield was Liphook who also won the netball , mixed badminton , ladies ' table tennis and ladies ' squash individual events . |
18 | The following year saw a much improved performance when she beat Mandy to win the ladies ' event at the Holme Pierrepont Rodeo . |
19 | The catalyst to make her trust in her abilities and the improved results was there was no separate ladies ' event . |
20 | Generally she finds only support from male paddlers to her on the water though when there is a separate ladies ' event at a rodeo it is not always taken seriously . |
21 | In 1921 the Young Ladies ' Sewing Group was granted the use of the schoolroom for one night a week . |
22 | He had invited her to join the ladies ' sewing circle , and even suggested that she might like to attend the Tuesday evening Bible readings which he ran — he was sure that ‘ dear Miss Mates ’ would release her for the hour and a half the readings usually took . |
23 | Matey might not work so hard as McAllister did , or perform such menial tasks , like scrubbing the kitchen floor and whitening the front doorstep — which was next on McAllister 's list of duties — but she did her share and was never idle , even in her spare time — hence her membership of the ladies ' sewing circle and her encouragement of her housemaid , McAllister , to accompany her to it . |
24 | ‘ I see that you have become a valued member of Mr Sands ’ ladies ' sewing circle . ’ |
25 | Above left : ‘ Cecil ’ Leitch , the British , French , Canadian and English Ladies ' Champion and President of Henley Ladies 1920–25 . |
26 | Bill Pedler won some impressive professional competitions in the South of England and Dorothy Campbell , the Ladies ' Champion of Great Britain , France and Canada played an Exhibition at Henley to the great delight of the members . |
27 | The ladies ' champion spoke out on the issue following a visit to the opera in London . |
28 | Helen Dobson , British Ladies ' Champion and Stroke-play Champion , and Elaine Farquharson , runner-up in the British Amateur , have been chosen to represent Great Britain in the International Ladies ' Doubles Amateur Championship , at Sao Paulo , Brazil , in October . |
29 | Sandie , who captains the Ipswich Ladies ' squad , headed an England Mixed team in a friendly match against international All-Stars at Great Cornard Upper School 's sports centre . |
30 | As Meryl leaned forward in the alcove , poised to stand , Gladys emerged soundlessly from the ladies ' corridor , still wearing her garish dress . |