Example sentences of "the boys [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was , I was alright at the weekend , that 's my Darlington meeting and she was talking to one of the boys erm the one that lives at Filey . |
| 2 | I simply could not understand the boys ' sense of humour . |
| 3 | The problem of ‘ street arabs ’ and juvenile gangs was very much in the mind of those who formed the Boys ' Brigade , Church Lads , and the Scouts . |
| 4 | The boys ' behaviour is their way of protesting at these changes and competing for your affection and attention . |
| 5 | The northern courtyard , with a fairly open aspect to the west , was the boys ' playground , while the south court provided a play area for the girls . |
| 6 | Among the participants in the consultation , the following churches and organisations were represented : the Baptist Church , the Boys ' Brigade , Campaigners , the Catholic Youth Service , Christian Endeavour , Church Youth Fellowships Association ( CYFA ) , Iona Community , Kent County Council , Legge House , Oasis Hostels Project , Wolverhampton Leisure Service , the YMCA . |
| 7 | Another influence was The Girls ' Own Paper , which he liked much better than the Boys ' Own version . |
| 8 | It 's still a child 's guide to sexism : children may be unconvinced , especially by the boys ' latent gallantry ( ‘ They 'd kick her , I mean him ’ ) , and adults may find the story a touch contrived , but it 's a good read . |
| 9 | Specifically , The Mary Whitehouse Experience is an experience in wankers and turds , which are the boys ' two favourite words . |
| 10 | Wally Watmough was the loud-mouthed fat boy who had once beaten Frankie almost senseless in a fist-fight behind the old air-raid shelter in a corner of the boys ' playground . |
| 11 | In that case , at any rate , there was little question of the boys ' dispute creating a relationship of permanent hostility between the two groups ; and this was in part the consequence of the wider peace , sanctioned by authority , which generally prevailed in Libya . |
| 12 | Besides the map , I 'd brought along my faithful compass , and by its reckoning checked the boys ' direction all the time . |
| 13 | There were birds singing , though not yet many , and apart from the boys ' voices the quiet was as old and deep as the land . |
| 14 | On the other hand the boys ' expedition had occurred only yesterday … dear God , only yesterday … and if … when … |
| 15 | Finally , the boys ' school came to the rescue . |
| 16 | The boys ' watched transfixed , even when dirndl-clad Hausfraus cavorted on Austrian TV . |
| 17 | Then afterwards you can help me get the boys ' room ready . ’ |
| 18 | The 16th had close ties with the Boys ' Brigade , with flags presented by the Trades ' House of Glasgow . |
| 19 | The authority has considered turning two of the boys ' schools into co-educational schools . |
| 20 | Vargas Llosa 's The Time of the Hero , which is set in a Peruvian military academy where the cadets assume an ostentatious machismo as a survival strategy , oscillates between third-person narration and monologue ( interior and spoken ) to bring out the gulf between the boys ' public personae and their sensitive and vulnerable inner self , and to highlight how social intercourse distorts their personality by conditioning them to suppress their softer feelings . |
| 21 | In 1957 a girls ' secondary modern was opened , sharing a large site but not much else either with the boys ' secondary modern or ( still less ) with the Grammar School . |
| 22 | Most of the boys ' mental age is about eleven . |
| 23 | The boys ' attention did not spring from concern for Alec but concern for themselves if Alec was cut and needed to see the nurse . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In the boys ' groups , any recognition that images of girls might have a different value from images of boys was met with intense embarrassment . |
| 26 | Running on the second leg in the boys ' competition , Simon Pocock gained 38 places before handing over to Kevin Nash who passed another 16 teams to put his side into 12th . |
| 27 | who , after leaning back on her heels to let her whole weight resist the boys ' tug , found herself suddenly jerked forward , lost her balance , and fell flat on her hands and face on the path . |
| 28 | After all , I had ‘ covered ’ the Boys ' Parliament sessions and other church activities for him on a free lance basis , and I was sure he knew I was determined to take up journalism as a full-time and life-long career . |
| 29 | These groups are the boys ' gangs that flourish most conspicuously in the ‘ delinquent neighbourhoods ’ of our large American cities . |
| 30 | It is certainly not without significance that the Association always maintained a link with the new youth movement by aligning itself with the Boys ' Brigade and playing an active role in the formation of the Scouts . |