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 .
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