Example sentences of "boys ' book " in BNC.
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| 1 | To anyone who knew Lewis in the second half of his life , and remarked his preference for boys ' books such as R. M. Ballantyne or Captain Marryat over the so-called ‘ moderns ’ , there can be no doubt that he was here addressing a warning not just to his brother but to himself . |
| 2 | In a list of favourite boys ' books compiled by Edward Salmon in 1888 , Kingston came second to Dickens , and Salmon observed , ‘ Mr Kingston is Captain Marryat transformed from a novelist into a juvenile romanticist ’ . |
| 3 | '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 . |
| 4 | When they had got into bed , it was Toby 's custom to read them a chapter or two of a book — the school had a tattered library of elderly boys ' books , most of them left behind by ex-pupils . |
| 5 | Still , it was as well not to close off any possibility of future splash , so he stood there , in his immaculate green blazer and flannels , his tie neatly knotted , his profile presented most becomingly to Mr and Mrs Channing , as he acted the role of head boy in some long-forgotten boys ' book by Talbot Baines Reed or Annesley Vachell . |