Example sentences of "boys ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found that in the boys ' peer group , powerful members used direct imperatives like ‘ gim me ’ and ‘ get off ’ . |
| 2 | Why are girls ' and boys ' peer groups so different , and why in these particular ways ? |
| 3 | Authorities ranging from North Yorkshire to Dorset have been pressing for funds to convert existing boys ' attendance centres into mixed facilities . |
| 4 | Our makeshift seat had consisted of cases of wine while bottles of brandy were distributed liberally amongst the boys ' bedding , none of which had been declared to us , of course . |
| 5 | Boys ' knowledge of measurement units was much higher than that of the girls : their success rates were between 20 and 30 percentage points higher on items probing this knowledge . |
| 6 | I simply could not understand the boys ' sense of humour . |
| 7 | Purcell , a student at Longlands College , Middlesbrough , finished second to clubmate Darryl Churchill in the senior boys ' race and is not affected by the amendment . |
| 8 | The junior boys ' race sees another clash between NorthEast champion Glen Hilton , of Durham City Harriers , and the North-East Schools Inter-Counties winner Chris Hilton , of Chester-le-Street . |
| 9 | The senior boys ' race has also attracted a strong entry , including the former English Schools 3,000 metres track champion Michael Threadgill , of Middlesbrough and Cleveland , who faces opposition from Chester-le-Street 's Steve Scott and Phil Solomon , of Sunderland . |
| 10 | For the boys , Robert Chapman did well to win the bronze medal in the 1982 boys ' butterfly and Philip Traviss brought his bronze tally up to three with third place in the 1980 boys ' freestyle . |
| 11 | At a Tuxis Boys ' camp the year before we had coined the word MELACHUSETUCK as an ‘ Indian name ’ for the camp . |
| 12 | But , no matter how much Steven made his camera swoop and glide and giddy-up around the sets , he could n't stop them from looking like boring old panto scenery , especially since the galleon never put out to sea ( which would have been too mega-expensive ) , and the Lost Boys ' camp was crammed full of Starlight Express -style skate-boarding tracks . |
| 13 | They organized a boys ' camp in such a way that two deliberately-created groups were formed for the experiment . |
| 14 | When the time came , she was similarly firm about the boys ' schooling . |
| 15 | New boys ' outing |
| 16 | But they will belong to the Sorcerers ’ Fellowship , and then there 's the Old Boys ' Academy of Wizardry — mind you , I like to go along to that myself . |
| 17 | For the boys , Robert Chapman did well to win the bronze medal in the 1982 boys ' butterfly and Philip Traviss brought his bronze tally up to three with third place in the 1980 boys ' freestyle . |
| 18 | The military style of the Rangers includes an exacting dress code : girls wear an emerald green blouse , red scarf , jodhpurs and jodhpur boots or long boots , and a felt cowboy-style hat ; the boys ' attire includes a fawn shirt , red tie and a dark green beret . |
| 19 | Only last week Davis scored a course record 65 at Knebworth ( unoffical because he enjoyed preferred lies ) to win the Hertfordshire boys ' title at the expense of Hamilton , who also lost out to Davis in 1991 . |
| 20 | Declan Mullan and Chris Quinn took the boys ' title , and Nikki Harrison and her partner , Orla McGrath , were the top girls . |
| 21 | Leanne Matthew won the minor girls championship , while Middlesbrough and Cleveland clubmate Rees Connor , 14 , won the boys ' title . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In my spare time I saw a lot of John Keay , an Agriculture graduate of the U. of Saskatchewan and a good friend , as well as Jerry Harwood and Quincey Moffat with whom I was closely associated in organizing the annual Boys ' Parliament elections . |
| 24 | Things came to a head at the Apprentice Boys ' parade in Derry on 12 August . |
| 25 | OLD BOYS ' NIGHTMARE |
| 26 | Sparks and Yeates found that the new venture was something of a small goldmine , much more lucrative than cutting mens ' and boys ' hair for 6d and 3d respectively . |
| 27 | It is thus by no means surprising that a contentious current issue in British schools is the permissible length of boys ' hair . |
| 28 | In 1986 , smoking among boys fell to 7% with girls at 12% [ 3 ] ; in 1988 , in England , boys ' smoking remained at 7% but girls still smoked more at 9% [ 4 ] . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | McColl is the first Scot to have won a boys ' winter series title . |