Example sentences of "the lady [unc] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leapor 's long poem ‘ The Rival Brothers ’ appeared in The Lady 's Poetical Magazine ( 1782 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Spinning , of course , was not the lady 's chief skill . ’ |
| 3 | But the Lady 's other half , who was also signing that book today , does n't think it 's much to get worked up about . |
| 4 | He soldiered manfully through the salmon soufflé and the beef Wellington while Lewis on the lady 's other side put away a tumbler full of vodka poured from a half-bottle in his pocket . |
| 5 | ‘ Believe me , I have the lady 's best interests very much at heart . ’ |
| 6 | The contrast between being in the lady 's charitable care and now in the officious hands of the workhouse staff is an important dynamic . |
| 7 | It is Signora Mancini who has turned these buildings into an attractive residence , and it is the lady 's exceptional talents and great love of country life which have found a true expression in the transformation of Residence Elena into a lovely property of character and charm . |
| 8 | The Lady 's last opponent shifted his seat until he faced her across the board . |
| 9 | Ian Hay told me the lady 's last wish had been that the Colonel should scatter her ashes in the headwaters of the River Laxford : ‘ But , you see , his new young wife was not the sort of lady to enjoy much walking and the poor Colonel just did n't know how he was going to get the job done . |
| 10 | The interior is as Repton had promised , simple and elegant with a brilliantly convenient tripartite bedroom for Charlotte , ‘ the lady 's own room or boudoir , connected with the wardrobe … and having a dégagement or private stairs ’ . |
| 11 | With a regretful look at her glass , and a warning glance at Lord Beddington should he tamper with its contents while she was gone — she had observed his hand stealing towards it already — she rose to make her way upstairs to the ladies ' retiring room . |
| 12 | The ladies ' retiring room remained unused . |
| 13 | THE VALUE of micro-chip technology was never more clearly illustrated than in a new event at swimming 's Ulster championships — the ladies ' 100 metres medley . |
| 14 | The idea re-emerged in 1972 but was again ( finally ? ) dropped , as too expensive , but at least in 1964 the Ladies ' exposed stairway was rebuilt with a covered staircase , and a new trolley room constructed under . |
| 15 | Central heating was again ( finally ? ) dropped , as too expensive , but at least in 1964 the Ladies ' exposed stairway was rebuilt with a covered staircase , and a new trolley room constructed under . |
| 16 | In the consolation events , Brigitte Newbury won the Ladies ' 50 singles , while Harri Gibbon was runner-up in the Men 's 70 singles . |
| 17 | Silk Cut sponsored the British Army Team , and Courage the brewers sponsored the Ladies ' Special Slalom event ; Mr Quentin Williams of Courage also brought out a group of their representatives . |
| 18 | In 1894 the Ladies ' National Association , veterans of the repeal movement , mounted a campaign to amend the 1885 act to criminalize incest . |
| 19 | When in 1913 Alison Neilans of the Ladies ' National Association announced that ‘ we and our former antagonists can work cordially together ’ , Wilson explained that the olive branch was a result of the change of heart among medics and their new expansive definition of health . |