Sentence examples for instead of my boy from inspiring English sources

"Instead of my boy having to go off to war to meet foreign people, he can do it here in town".

Instead of buying my boys a toy lion, why not take one (or both) of them to the zoo to see a real one?

Now my kids are playing it instead of Game Boy".

Instead of staying for my boys, it was clear I had to leave for my boys.

First, I would grow up and my body would swell with masculine heft and I would look like a man instead of a boy.

On the cover, instead of a boy dashing beneath a bolt of lightning, were the good old Twin Towers.

According to his hastily concocted cover story he was a "twocker", a joyrider and car thief, instead of the boy on grainy CCTV footage who had led two-year-old James Bulger away by the hand in a Liverpool shopping centre.

Have you ever wondered why you say "The boy is playing Frisbee with his dog" instead of "The boy dog his is Frisbee playing with"?

A black parent remembered wanting a girl instead of a boy, because of the unique dangers a black son would face.

It's a romantic comedy, but instead of a boy and girl, it's Jessica and Lennon".

But several members of the association wanted one change — that the float feature a girl instead of the boy drawn in the original design.