Example sentences of "[adv prt] on both [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bright was turned down on both counts by Field , whose principal consideration was the weather . |
| 2 | The whole mountain chain originated from this cleft as lava surged up and spilled down on both sides . |
| 3 | This leaves a nice little ladder which I zig zag down on both sides with my sewing machine , then cut up the centre of the ladder . |
| 4 | And then my father would be standing on on top and throwing one of these er straw ropes up then he 'd let er an er end down on both sides . |
| 5 | The man , it was the bald one with the glasses , knelt down on both knees and grabbed the bottom and began to kiss it ardently . |
| 6 | These days you need to get down on both knees and ask permission of the bank manager . |
| 7 | Kathy Rooney , who worked with Barry Cockcroft for many years at Yorkshire Television , escorted me down on both occasions . |
| 8 | Somewhere , affection had crept in on both sides . |
| 9 | Hedges closed in on both sides , brushing the side mirrors and sending up a cloud of small white moths into the bracken scented air . |
| 10 | A long corridor ran down the length of the building with doors leading off on both sides . |
| 11 | Job shops have been set up on both sites , manned by trained staff . |
| 12 | At this stage it 's good to get your balance on the skis by jumping up on both skis together and ‘ stepping ’ — lifting first one ski and then the other . |
| 13 | A really thorough murderer would have boned up on both subjects more intently . |
| 14 | Suddenly , too , I was back in wine country with terraced hillsides stretching up on both sides of the road . |
| 15 | If you approach the village from the north , however , along the D9 or D33 , you see that at the northern edge of the village , the vineyards bank up on both sides to form a hollow where the vines dip down to 120 metres , giving east and west-facing exposures on either side . |
| 16 | I looked through the window and there were people lined up on both sides of the street , the women with black aprons and the men with their caps and hats off , bared heads bowed as we passed . |
| 17 | However , the conflict between modern farming practice and environmental conservation is by no means an irreconcilable one and , although entrenched positions have been taken up on both sides , there are now a few signs of a more sophisticated awareness of the Problems involved and a more constructive desire on the part of both farming organizations and the environmental lobby to overcome them . |
| 18 | Below : A conference of the Women 's Liberal Federation setting out for a tour of Blackpool and St. Annes in May 1926 , using six toastrack trams , here drawn up on both tracks at North Pier . |
| 19 | ‘ I presume I 'll be doubling up on both parts , ’ O'Hara said . |
| 20 | The Prime Minister crouched behind his spectacles , while spread out on both wings of the platform sat the members of his Cabinet . |
| 21 | It is up to you to decide which set of shapings you want to follow , but remember that as the garment is symmetrical , the shaping will be carried out on both ends of the work , except of course in the case of the sleeve tops that I mentioned earlier . |
| 22 | But now that the truth is out on both sides , they are surely singularly out of place . |
| 23 | A screen of black-clad riders was spreading out on both sides . |
| 24 | Work from the corner out on both walls , blending the plaster to the existing surface . |
| 25 | Dr Zanda said that it was essential to agree common standards for any works being carried out on both shores and that an international statute governing the Adriatic should be drawn up to which all states bordering on its coasts should adhere . |
| 26 | He treated Richard Branson with imperious disdain ; twice inviting him to his home , and being pointedly out on both occasions ; then declining to share his torpedo-sized spliffs when a meeting was at last arranged . |
| 27 | Mr Jenks marched along the corridor , glaring wrathfully about him , and the children fell back on both sides without a murmur . |
| 28 | ‘ Put them on for me , Conroy , ’ she said , leaning back on both hands against the dressing-table . |
| 29 | Life has to be going on on both sides of it , I told her . |
| 30 | Words like freedom and rights were bandied around on both sides . |