Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] boys ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Reporting restrictions were not lifted and the magistrates made an order preventing publication of the boys ' names or anything which could identify them . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If there was anything unpleasant the first thing in the boys ' minds was ‘ not to worry mother ’ . |