headmistress

Converse of object

• become: Miss Sarah Collis retired in 1906 and her niece, Miss Mary Collis became headmistress.
• see: It's oddly familiar because it's how you felt when you had to go and see the headmistress.
• have: We had a brilliant headmistress who ruled us with a rod of iron, Miss Bennett.
• say: If only the nations of the world could emulate these situations, " said the Headmistress of the Dersingham Road school, Deirdre Turner.
• tell: And it was just three days after I told the headmistress that I was HIV positive that I was sacked.
• contact: If you are interested in being considered for a scholarship you should contact the Headmistress.

Preposition: at

• school: I was speaking to the headmistress at school that my eldest goes to, which Rosslyn will be going to in 4 yrs.

Adjective modifier

• new: Is he on a collision course with Grange Hill's new headmistress?
• first: Her successor, Miss Margaret Claydon, was the first Headmistress who resigned, in 1991, in order to marry.
• former: I managed to track down my former headmistress, Sister Dominic.
• retired: Miss Russell is a an active lady, retired headmistress.
• deputy: While the deputy headmistress of School B believes that out of school tuition is only necessary for those average or wea k pupils.
• old: An example of this came into my hands a couple of years ago, a biography of my old headmistress.

Modifies a noun

• Mrs: After meeting several local dignitaries, the royal couple went on a tour of the school with headmistress Mrs Joan Smith.

Noun used with modifier

• school: Stephanie Ray went on to become, I believe, a school headmistress in her own right.

Possessives

• conference: Professor Chris Woodhead spoke at the Headmasters ' and Headmistresses ' Conference on " Leadership " .

Preposition: of

• school: The headmistress of the school with the brass chrysanthemums went brilliantly to the heart of the issue.
• girl: Doris recently retired after 18 years as Headmistress of a girls ' grammar school.
• infant: The headmistress of the infants ' school was archetypically maternal; the headmaster of the junior school was avuncular.