Example sentences of "[adv] the boys ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know how long the boys ' ploughing matches went on for ? |
| 2 | I could not decide if the fact that no one had discovered my secret was actually the result of my elaborate efforts or just the boys ' lack of attention . |
| 3 | Public schools normally take children from the age of 13 ( usually the boys ' boarding schools ) or from the age of 11 . |
| 4 | I like to think that we in the Met Office did our little bit towards keeping up the boys ' spirits . |
| 5 | The act was performed with particular virtuosity when Mrs Crumwallis dosed them all with castor oil , an old-fashioned cure-all in which she had a fiendish trust : then the boys ' performance resembled nothing so much as an acted-out illustration for Nicholas Nickleby . |
| 6 | They 've been trying to see about that lot where the boys ' grammar school is int they ? |
| 7 | The justification given could be that it is easier to control girls than boys , and therefore the ‘ stronger ’ teachers should be given the more difficult classes , i.e. the boys ' classes . |