Example sentences of "were both [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hellman recalls that they were both toying with the idea of a western and talked to Corman about the finance . |
| 2 | For a moment they were both looking at the gold band on Emilia 's wedding-finger . |
| 3 | According to foreign correspondents in Beijing , China 's " elder statesman " leader Deng Xiaoping , and the disgraced former party leader Zhao Ziyang , were both absent from the platform . |
| 4 | Sophie Mitchell , whose brothers Tim and Nick were both riding at the meeting , went to the Llangibby and won on Pernickety . |
| 5 | Doyle and the Harewoman were both staring at the boy . |
| 6 | Once when we were both contributing to The Year 's Work in English Studies ( he on Renaissance drama ) , I met him in the library and expressed anxiety about the deadline . |
| 7 | They were both running along the Embankment . |
| 8 | The victims , who 're believed to be in their late twenties and from the Hereford area were both travelling in the car . |
| 9 | Realizing they were both going through the roof with nerves , Luke put down his notes and tipped his battered Panama over his snub nose . |
| 10 | They were both standing behind the counter looking as if they were n't quite sure what to do next . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's a portrait up at the Hall of a woman wearing a lovely dress , ’ Constance told her mother , as they were both sewing in the drawing room . |