West Riding
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Her love of landscape came from drives around West Riding with her father in the course of his work as county surveyor.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2015
One offence was allegedly committed in Barnsley and then West Riding in the mid-1950s.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2014
He will get a little extra time and space at Wakefield, the birthplace of Barbara Hepworth whose father was chief surveyor to the West Riding, the best local authority the world has ever known.
From The Guardian • Feb. 26, 2013
They acted as a leaven, just as a colony of typical West Riding folk would act as a leaven in Munich or Moscow.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2010
Several days before the grand hunt, Ash began to see wagons full of crates and rugs and rolled-up canvases driving down the road from West Riding into the Wood.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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