Example sentences of "neither [prep] them [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although they both tried to smile still , neither of them failed to notice the past tense she had used for the word ‘ love ’ . |
| 2 | Neither of them conforms to the default format , but they both work . |
| 3 | Erm I know for a fact that Peter who who 's the supervisor erm is a staunch Labourite and er union man , same as Geoff but neither of them push it . |
| 4 | Neither of them realised then just how handy the cellar lights would be before long . |
| 5 | Neither of them expected it , especially with everyone listening in . |
| 6 | ‘ Neither of them fits the picture of a proper mother . ’ |
| 7 | They stood like that for a moment , neither of them moving . |
| 8 | Neither of them had pure academic interests . |
| 9 | Jim did not seem to be there enough for them to talk it through and neither of them had any money . |
| 10 | So far neither of them had been defeated . |
| 11 | She wished neither of them had ever been born . |
| 12 | He hardly knew Tina 's brothers but neither of them had ever objected to him before . |
| 13 | On the few occasions on which she and Hugh had met since that time , neither of them had ever said a word about that holiday . |
| 14 | ‘ But it made a difficult situation impossible , caused distress to her and her husband and sounded the death knell on the marriage which until then , although in difficulties , neither of them had given up hope of saving . ’ |
| 15 | Neither of them had mentioned Hank . |
| 16 | Neither of them had a driving licence or car insurance , the court was told . |
| 17 | Neither of them had much appetite but they finished the wine . |
| 18 | Neither of them had taken the slightest notice of my movements , except that Mr Parsons was already in my empty chair , and the two of them , with Ewen Mackay 's flask of whisky now standing between them , were talking about salmon fishing . |
| 19 | The flight to Paris had been punctuated by periodic bouts of turbulence and consequently neither of them had managed to get much sleep . |
| 20 | Neither of them had any desire to repeat the experience . |
| 21 | A shadow fell over them and neither of them had to look up to know who it was . |
| 22 | Both had been presidential bodyguards with the Reagan administration but neither of them had ever had to draw his gun in anger . |
| 23 | Neither of them had ever seen proper shops , nor ice nor electric light — other than the bulbs which we had used with our generator to illuminate the Keraing 's house in Bira . |
| 24 | It seemed to Daniel that neither of them had bothered to take in , until that moment , the fact , carefully explained to both beforehand , of the other 's presence . |
| 25 | She was aware of a past neither of them had spoken of much — at least , not while she 'd been there . |
| 26 | Neither of them had liked him at all . |
| 27 | I wondered whether it was because neither of them had stirred herself to go through the contortions attendant upon attracting men , but it was n't that . |
| 28 | I 'd rather been hoping Lewis or Verity might have asked me what the file contained by now , and what I was doing , but — annoyingly — neither of them had . |
| 29 | Neither of them had expected this . |
| 30 | Nearly two months had passed since the last crisis in their relationship — the night they had seen Bicycle Thieves — and still neither of them had had the courage to face its implications . |