Example sentences of "neither [prep] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither of them had much appetite but they finished the wine . |
| 2 | Jim did not seem to be there enough for them to talk it through and neither of them had any money . |
| 3 | Neither of them had any desire to repeat the experience . |
| 4 | In other circumstances she would have been more than willing to engage in this conversation herself , for it was one she had frequently enjoyed ; she liked Otto , she had always mildly fancied that he liked her , she was amused by the offhand continental gallantries with which he interspersed , absent-mindedly , the rigour of his argument ; but tonight she was tired , her eyes were closing , she had had four hours of party already , had not enjoyed the Hargreaves drama , had not enjoyed her talks with Ivan Warner and Teddy Lazenby , had been polite enough for long enough , and wanted to go home ; so stood at Brian 's elbow , dully , a reproachful wife , slightly annoyed that neither of them took much notice of her , as Otto invoked the name of Max Weber , a name which meant nothing to her at all , a name which excluded her , exhausted her , and provoked her into prodding , yet again , but this time successfully , Brian 's arm , and murmuring of baby-sitter Sharon , who was only sixteen . |
| 5 | They could n't ignore the fact that they were to part , and neither of them made any attempt to avoid it in conversation . |
| 6 | It was puzzling : neither of them expressed any desire actually to see their origins again . |
| 7 | As they spoke , neither of them reminded each other of their passion a few hours earlier ; it was as if it had never happened . |
| 8 | Neither of them paid any heed to the poor old grand-father , who had to tend the sacred fire all on his own . |
| 9 | Neither of them showed any inclination to do other than sit outside the café in the sunshine , and Oliver had shifted the conversation far away from the Durances and murder . |
| 10 | ‘ I tried the bank manager and the lawyer on that one and neither of them showed any enthusiasm . |
| 11 | Neither of us paid much attention . |