Example sentences of "in the boys [unc] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | When the police called in the boys ' parents , one of them accused Mr Wisson of kidnapping . |
3 | In the boys ' groups , any recognition that images of girls might have a different value from images of boys was met with intense embarrassment . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Police said there were no suspicious circumstances in the boys ' deaths . |
6 | If there was anything unpleasant the first thing in the boys ' minds was ‘ not to worry mother ’ . |