Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] boys ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 16th had close ties with the Boys ' Brigade , with flags presented by the Trades ' House of Glasgow . |
| 2 | The chief scene for amorous exchange was the entrance to the boys ' swimming baths , for the girls had no baths of their own , and were obliged to use those of their brother school for their weekly afternoon 's lesson ; here , on the steps , small red messenger boys would collect , proffering envelopes from their elders . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The heat , the danger , the moment were unforeseeable when she and Lally , arm in arm in giggling familiarity , watched from the nursery window for the boys ' arrival . |
| 5 | Reporting restrictions were not lifted and the magistrates made an order preventing publication of the boys ' names or anything which could identify them . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Of course , token gestures often suffice to land unknown quantities from obscurity — Republic of Ireland striker Tony Cascarino joined Gillingham from a boys ' club in Crockenhill for the cost of a new set of playing strips . |
| 10 | Police said there were no suspicious circumstances in the boys ' deaths . |
| 11 | He contends , by Mr. Wall , that Booth J. in taking into account various matters regarding the boys ' welfare , misdirected herself . |
| 12 | AN all-star team led by former Northern Ireland and Manchester United star Norman Whiteside is to play a fund raising match for the Boys ' Model team . |
| 13 | I could imagine him sprawled on the floor of the pool room in the boys ' house , a long , lean figure in a white kandora unbuttoned at the neck , around him three or four young men waiting to play football , to drive , to beat the drums or follow him wherever he wanted to go . |
| 14 | Robin Francis ( York ) was a double gold medallist in the boys ' 50m backstroke and freestyle , and his clubmate Hannah Wilby , who was first in the women 's 200m breaststroke . |
| 15 | Nor did Baden-Powell 's optimism about reclaiming ‘ unclubbable ’ Hooligans receive universal support within the boys ' club movement . |
| 16 | ‘ Making men ’ , then , was an active process , the emphasis was on ‘ the making ’ , the success of which depended on establishing a relationship that could bring about , through influence and example , a change in the boys ' character . |
| 17 | Steven Clark , the leading points winner in the boys ' event over the LTA 's 114 and Under Indoor Winter Series of tournaments , went down with appendicitis two days before the latest tournament , played at the Gosling Sports Park during March . |
| 18 | Shaun Devenney , of Strabane , is winner in the boys ' section . |
| 19 | The absence of Essex and Lancashire brought a new look to the boys ' championship and matches were keenly contested before Kent claimed the title . |
| 20 | TAKE TWO : Dramatised documentary about a boys ' school , to be shown late evening . |
| 21 | Why not , my wife says , knock a hole through the boys ' bedroom wall , pinch a three foot six strip off it and make a new landing passage and extend the walk-in cupboard , forward to take up the old landing and sideways to build a space out to the main part of the stairs . |
| 22 | The difficulty she was having in making sense of the boys ' education was illustrated by the packet of letters she had brought to school in the morning . |
| 23 | Observation in labs and workshops highlighted the depressing effect on girls ' performance of the boys ' claim to science as their subject . |
| 24 | There was something so constantly curious about the headmaster of the Boys ' Wimbledon Day Islamic Independent School that , after a while , you stopped wondering where , or indeed whether , he had acquired a degree in anything , and surrendered to that mellifluous , actorish voice . |
| 25 | , Sir William Alexander ( 1854–1914 ) , founder of the Boys ' Brigade , was born 27 October 1854 at Pennyland House , near Thurso , Caithness , the eldest in the family of three sons and a daughter of David Smith of Pennyland , a director of the Labuan Coal Company in China , and his wife Harriet , daughter of Alexander Fraser , merchant , of Glasgow . |
| 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 | An early major event in my life in the Boys ' School was the celebration of Empire Day on May 24th , which has now been renamed Commonwealth Day . |
| 28 | There was a thin slice of light showing under the door to the boys ' room . |
| 29 | Grant , it 's not tonight it 's May the eighth , the eighth of May , your thing for the Boys ' Brigade . |
| 30 | Can we go a little bit into the background of the boys ' ploughing match , Marcus ? |