Adjective modifier

• lovely: The lovely ladies sang to us each time they passed.

Modifies a noun

• underwear: Woods of Morecambe is an established family business selling a large variety of ladies underwear, from traditional garments to prettier lingerie.

• toilet: The ladies toilet has two of the nicest wash basins I have seen.

• hockey: Hockey ( Womens ) Jesus College has two ladies hockey teams catering for all abilities and levels of seriousness.

Adjective modifier

• leading: Much to Germany's delight their leading lady only lost one frame during her group matches.

• fat: Remember kids it's not over until the fat lady sings.

Noun used with modifier

• dinner: He can't do that if teachers, classmates and dinner ladies feel sorry for him all the time!

Possessives

• bedstraw: Churchyards are often the only place where traditional meadow plants such as ladies ' bedstraw and meadow saxifrage can still flourish.

• underwear: There was no ladies ' underwear in the car, from which the archeologist can deduce that the driver was no longer young.

Noun used with modifier

• st: Dance in and out, 2 nd gent and 1 st lady.

Possessives

• maid: At the time of their marriage in 1912 my mother was the lady's maid at the French Embassy.

• handbag: Here's a question lifted from the show: what is the top item found in a lady's handbag?

Preposition: of

• manor: Finally, the bag came round to the lady of the manor.