Example sentences of "in [art] boy ['s] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 's ( singular ) or s' ( plural ) as in the boy 's books = the books which belong to the boy and the boys ' books — the books which belong to the boys . |
| 2 | A glint of panic flashed in the boy 's eyes because he did not speak English very well . |
| 3 | He held out his hand and the Mason crushed it inside his own until tears stood in the boy 's eyes . |
| 4 | Quickly he added one more note : thirty francs , that ought to do it , in the boy 's terms , it was a fortune . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When the police called in the boys ' parents , one of them accused Mr Wisson of kidnapping . |
| 7 | In the boys ' groups , any recognition that images of girls might have a different value from images of boys was met with intense embarrassment . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Police said there were no suspicious circumstances in the boys ' deaths . |
| 10 | If there was anything unpleasant the first thing in the boys ' minds was ‘ not to worry mother ’ . |