Example sentences of "the lady ' [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jogger of the year was Sarah Rhimes and she also collected the ladies ' road race championship trophy for 1991 . |
| 2 | Oxford won the ladies ' University match , defeating Cambridge by five wickets at St John 's College , Oxford . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Sadberge Flower night : The ladies ' flower club will meet tonight in the village hall at 7pm . |
| 6 | ( See the earliest drawing ) , was unsatisfactory , so in September 1908 a trial tee was constructed somewhere near what is now the ladies ' winter tee on the 16th , the 17th green being more or less as we know today , although at this time a twin green with the first . |
| 7 | Upstairs are the head offices of the Company , where the business of the great artery of travel is arranged , and below are minor offices , the grand general waiting room , with its noble arches and massive polished granite columns ; the ladies ' waiting room , an illustration of how modern skill can blend luxury and comfort ; and last , but not least , the dining-room , the antipodes of those railway dining rooms whose peculiarities afford so many opportunities to the comic journalists of America . |
| 8 | It was kept in the ladies ' waiting room and was used by staff and their families , and by stranded passengers . |
| 9 | The cheap paper and poor colour of this tawdry imitation of the Ladies ' Home Journal or Harper 's were so plainly unworthy of her . |
| 10 | Sally Hepburn , Tournament Secretary of the Ladies ' Golf Union at St.Andrews has an annual meeting with her neighbours , the Royal and Ancient Golf Club , to sort through the maze of men 's and women 's British amateur events , and admits that it is a task that grows harder each season . |
| 11 | THE Ladies ' Golf Union and the English Ladies ' Golf Association are nowadays making the most of the various invitations which come from overseas . |
| 12 | The Ladies ' Golf Union conformed with the Royal and Ancient decision that competition in all British open amateur events should use the big ball ( 1.68 inches ) , but it did not apply to international team events . |
| 13 | Zoe Turner has an 18 point lead over Lisa Rowe in the ladies ' title race , while Neil King and Lucy Hollis head the novice tables . |
| 14 | The question arose after the Ladies ' Directory case in which Frederick Shaw was convicted of ‘ conspiring to corrupt public morals ’ , and in which one of the Appeal Judges , Lord Simons , had stated that ‘ there remains in the courts a residual power to conserve not only the safety , but also the moral welfare of the State ’ . |
| 15 | I expect you 're busy with the ladies ' altar guild and the old people 's picnic . |
| 16 | An Emergency Meeting agreed on enlarging the clubhouse , including making the ground floor of the cottage into the Ladies ' locker room — to be reached by an uncovered , external stairway ! |
| 17 | Being resident , Bill was a familiar sight in the bar for many years , occupying a settle which now sits forlornly outside the Ladies ' locker room entrance . |
| 18 | It was in 1913 that the first reference is made to the Luker family , proprietors of the Henley Standard , when on October 31st , Charles Luker was beaten on the 21st hole in the Ladies ' Cup semi-final . |