Example sentences of "[prep] the boys ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The authority has considered turning two of the boys ' schools into co-educational schools . |
2 | Too much had been taken from the ethos of the boys ' schools , including blazers and ties , which are hangovers from male attire of the Edwardian era . |
3 | Reporting restrictions were not lifted and the magistrates made an order preventing publication of the boys ' names or anything which could identify them . |
4 | Inevitably , perhaps , the contralto Jard van Nes is rather closely balanced but the positioning of the boys ' voices and women 's chorus are well judged . |
5 | Frankie is seen with the Boys ' Clubs ' Nigel Voules and fans Phylis Gumburd , Jackie salmons , Mavis Bates , Hazel Kidwell and Chris Lester . |
6 | Our laughter , together with the boys ' cries and whimpers . |
7 | He said that he much preferred the money they could afford for clothing to go onto the boys ' backs , and onto her . |
8 | There were birds singing , though not yet many , and apart from the boys ' voices the quiet was as old and deep as the land . |
9 | As a juvenile romanticist Kingston , like his contemporary Ballantyne , used the device of the intrusive author accepted in his time and , besides , the didacticism expected in books for the young , didacticism made easier by the continuity and the extent of time afforded by serial publication in the boys ' magazines of the period . |
10 | When the police called in the boys ' parents , one of them accused Mr Wisson of kidnapping . |
11 | In the boys ' groups , any recognition that images of girls might have a different value from images of boys was met with intense embarrassment . |
12 | There was almost a tragedy in 1905 when a major fire broke out one night in the early hours of the morning while 44 boys in the boys ' dormitories were asleep . |
13 | Police said there were no suspicious circumstances in the boys ' deaths . |
14 | If there was anything unpleasant the first thing in the boys ' minds was ‘ not to worry mother ’ . |