Example sentences of "a lady ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twenty years old as she was , Ella had beaten her big sisters to the altar : Alice Maud , the eldest , waited a further two years before marrying Frank Foote , a clerk in Godsell 's Brewery in Stroud , Gloucestershire , in which town she herself had served an apprenticeship with a ladies ' hairdresser in High Street . |
| 2 | In 1923 he married Ivy Burley , a ladies ' hairdresser of Smallheath , Birmingham , who survived him . |
| 3 | Joan formed a ladies ' committee at Trentham Park Golf Club dedicated to achieving the target . |
| 4 | Satisfied , she retraces her steps until she comes to a Ladies ' cloakroom . |
| 5 | Polly thrust it back into her bag , embarrassed at being caught doing things more properly done in a ladies ' cloakroom , and furious at her own embarrassment . |
| 6 | It would n't have worked out with the first gentleman as it happens , because although he had a lovely smile , he was a ladies ' man and he did like drink too much . |
| 7 | Dustin played a timid bank clerk who dreams of being a ladies ' man , although he does not seem to be short of girlfriends . |
| 8 | He 's a bit of a ladies ' man , ’ he said , adding ‘ Nigella Lawson — she 's very tasty , nicer than in her picture . |
| 9 | There was no amorous intent about it , because Matt had assured her that Silas was not a ladies ' man . |
| 10 | George could not face a life on his own , though I do n't think he would consider marrying because he is not a ladies ' man . |
| 11 | The O'Briens ' club was far too new to have a Ladies ' Loo , and she was nearly out of Tampax . |
| 12 | The club house , which looked like a turreted Ruritanian castle , had white walls , grey roofs , flawless pitches front and back , but as yet no windows , nor , as Perdita suspected , a Ladies ' loo , or changing room . |
| 13 | ‘ My wife rightly points out that I 've never been in a ladies ' loo in my life . |
| 14 | In cold weather male golfers may prefer to use a ladies ' ball because it will have similar feel to that of a 90 compression ball in normal temperatures . |
| 15 | The race includes a ladies ' race , the first lady taking about five minutes longer to cover the distance . |
| 16 | Following this was the rodeo World Championships on the Bitches which decided at the last minute to include a ladies ' competition . |
| 17 | Top of the range is the Eiger , quite a substantial jacket , and there 's a ladies ' model as well , the Electra . |
| 18 | It had a smoking-room with fitments and atmosphere to rival the most exclusive gentleman 's club , a ladies ' drawing-room like a miniature boudoir with silk , tapestry and chaise-longue in the style of Louis XV , but the piece de resistance was the dining-car . |
| 19 | Ever the gentleman he even managed to pick a Michael Fallon sticker off the bottom of a ladies ' shoe , only to get it stuck on his own . |
| 20 | The Humbleton Recreation Club was founded in 1946 , which accommodates a thriving cricket club with two men 's teams and two junior teams , a football team , a ladies ' hockey team , a snooker room and a tennis court , and a ground which is highly respected throughout the area . |
| 21 | In America recently , I wore the lenses for a ladies ' luncheon , then went straight to the theatre for the show , and did make-up , hair and costume in record time . |
| 22 | Erm and the other one is a is a a ladies ' morris group from Nottingham , er , sort of clog dancers really I suppose again , who would again be er prepared to come along , er |
| 23 | She was later to run a ladies ' outfitters in nearby Gorleston , on the Suffolk coast . |
| 24 | One day a trunk-load of winter woollens turned up , a gift from Johannesburg where a news item in the local paper had inspired a ladies ' circle to start knitting . |
| 25 | ‘ the mother of seven extremely fine girls all unmarried ’ who , perturbed by the bachelor curate 's approval of the Miss Brown 's child 's examination society , hastily forms a ladies ' Bible and Prayer-book Distribution Society ( ‘ treasurer , auditors and secretary , the Misses Johnson Parker ’ ) . |
| 26 | Er another er rather another er on that tack of course talking about er well in this case a skeleton , I had a job to do just shortly before they closed Coney Street off fully and e it was myse I was on my own and I had t to pick up some dummies from er a ladies ' shop a dress shop . |