Possessives

• mom: Think of problems with teachers or with your mom's new boyfriend.

• daughter: Just like your daughter's boyfriend... or Iris Finster?

• sister: I like to text my sisters, friends, boyfriend and my sister's boyfriend.

• mother: Once during a row, her mother's boyfriend hit her in front of her mother.

Converse of object

• wed: Sophie gets married - June 05 Pop diva Sophie Ellis-Bextor has secretly wed longtime boyfriend, guitarist Richard Jones.

• marry: Kate Bosworth has hinted she wants to marry boyfriend Orlando Bloom.

• want: Play now Golddigger OK, so you want a rich boyfriend?

• have: She had a Sikh boyfriend who she still wanted to see.

Adjective modifier

• ex: My ex boyfriend got married to someone else, the priest who married them, was Robbie Williams!

• longtime: Sophie gets married - June 05 Pop diva Sophie Ellis-Bextor has secretly wed longtime boyfriend, guitarist Richard Jones.

• long-time: The groom and groom As the Express says, the popstar will tie the knot with his long-time boyfriend on December 21.

• jealous: The crime was probably committed by a jealous boyfriend or a jealous husband.

• abusive: She steals from him for her abusive boyfriend; she talks of planning to kill him.

• former: Determined to discover the truth she seeks the help of her former boyfriend, the aviation officer Joseph ' Sky Captain ' Sullivan.

Modifies a noun

• trouble: But even the schools most popular girl is having boyfriend troubles.

Noun used with modifier

• on-off: Back at her flat, Anna's on-off boyfriend Quex has re-appeared.

• live-in: She has a live-in boyfriend, a plumber by the name of Richard Brierly.

• actor: Her family and French actor boyfriend Olivier Martinez were by her side.

• sister: He was called Simon, and this is the worst part, was my sisters boyfriend... .

• star: According to the Sunday Mirror, Charlotte Church has had a blazing row with her rugby star boyfriend Gavin Henson over his late-night partying.