Example sentences of "it in both [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 This was later named South Vein and the level driven off along it in both directions was often referred to as South Vein Day Level .
2 He reaches up for it and takes it in both hands .
3 Lefevre finished his bowl of soup in uncouth but effective manner , gripping it in both hands and pouring the remaining contents down his throat at a gulp .
4 He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands .
5 She took it in both hands .
6 He gripped it in both hands and pulled .
7 While the pub had been emptying of its customers , and Fritz had been covering down behind the counter , Mrs Nora had grabbed a broom and , holding it in both hands like a bat , had waited until the Turk had turned to face her — and then cracked him across the forehead .
8 Cadfael stooped and took it in both hands , and lifted it , and it parted from its setting without trailing a blade of grass or a torn edge of moss .
9 He reached for the case and took it in both hands .
10 She grabbed her mug of tea , gripping it in both hands and staring down into it with an expression of such misery that one could almost imagine the dead girl 's face reflected in the surface of the liquid .
11 The guy in the black leather took it in both hands .
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