Example sentences of "both [prep] they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both of them wore short skirts . |
| 2 | There was , however , one issue on which both of them had similar views : President Sadat 's peace-seeking journey to Jerusalem in November 1977 and its sequel at Camp David the following year . |
| 3 | Only two strands appear consistent throughout ; and both of them meant lasting complications . |
| 4 | In short , both of them combine motley membership with rigid structure — which does not make for relaxed , efficient teamwork . |
| 5 | They had both of them brought mysterious plastic carrier bags about which they ostentatiously avoided asking one another . |
| 6 | We talked about the possibility of his death , we talked about the possibility of him being permanently brain damaged , we talked about the happiness they had enjoyed together and how important it had been to both of them to find each other . |
| 7 | They had not been alone together since their conversation on the day on which she had finished dressing the doll , both of them avoiding disturbing contact with the other , for their own good reasons . |
| 8 | Both of them refused all offers of food and drink . |
| 9 | Both of them have psychotic interludes , occurring after particularly stress-loaded incidents , both are in guilt-producing situations ( Lancelot doubly so , since he has inadvertently betrayed the woman he adulterously loves ) and both , in losing their reason , lose their humanity . |
| 10 | It made the town far more interesting to both of them to have such insights . |
| 11 | The fact is , however , that it has helped both of them to survive difficult times : when he had a small operation , she was there ; when she was ill , he carried up the trays . |