Example sentences of "neither [prep] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was important to him that neither of them would be financially dependent on the other . |
| 2 | Taking souvenir pictures neither of them would ever live to see . |
| 3 | My father would rage and storm , not so much at my mother as to her , and against Helen and Pat in their absence , but in the end neither of them would say anything to either of my sisters . |
| 4 | Neither of them mentioned what had taken place outside the school and neither of them would . |
| 5 | Even when I said I was family — well , yes , I know it was n't true but it seemed near enough the truth to use to persuade them neither of them would give her away . ’ |
| 6 | Anyway , neither of them would inform the police about him . |
| 7 | ‘ Neither of them would have engaged you . |
| 8 | Neither of them would know until his death , for instance , that he had a godson . |
| 9 | But if it had not been for Hillary Clinton 's TV performance and George Bush 's Japanese collapse , neither of them might now be ordering the removal vans . |
| 10 | But since it suits ill with his vocation , and perhaps bodes no good to — the other one — neither of them may be anxious to say it openly for all to hear . |
| 11 | But there remained one crucial detail , not covered by protocol , which neither of them could remember : had Sir Denis accompanied her to Buckingham Palace when she kissed hands with the Queen ? |
| 12 | Neither was short of opportunities to form new relationships , but somehow neither of them could be bothered to do so . |
| 13 | Her favourite partner was her father ; neither of them could serve to save their lives and most of the balls ended up scattered on the lawn , but they made a handsome couple on the court . |
| 14 | Neither of them could be described as a sobering influence . |
| 15 | Neither of them could afford to get mixed up in something that might involve the police . |
| 16 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 17 | Despite the bitter weather they strolled slowly along the Riva degli Schiavoni as though neither of them could quite bear the thought of the evening 's ending . |
| 18 | Besides , neither of them could have known how many there were . ’ |
| 19 | Her expression hovered , as Derek suspected his own did , on the brink of admitting what neither of them could quite believe . |
| 20 | He moved up to kiss her while his hand continued to stroke her aching body , then , when neither of them could bear it any longer , he thrust into her , and she arched back , drowning under wave after wave of mounting pleasure . |
| 21 | At what point McAllister 's fears finally disappeared beneath his loving patience , and they began to make love in earnest , neither of them could have said . |
| 22 | She had planned to get over to her mother 's by the afternoon , but the day had been so rare that neither of them could bear to finish it . |
| 23 | At first , communication was something of a problem for the couple , as neither of them could speak the others native tongue , but this was soon overcome by a friendly interpreter . |
| 24 | It is clear that neither of them could call on the personal loyalty of the royal servants in the duchy . |
| 25 | But neither of them can match the pungency of the original , an atmosphere of beaujolais , cigars and malevolence , and of political or legal plots being brewed in the all-night brasseries of Les Halles . |
| 26 | Yet many of them come to terms with it magnificently , trying so hard not to add their pain to that of their children , in a situation that sometimes neither of them can alter . |
| 27 | It is a consequence of this view that if two things are related to each other in any way , then neither of them , strictly , can be said to be ontologically independent of the other , for in such a case neither of them can be fully described without presupposing the existence of both . |
| 28 | Neither of them can see . |
| 29 | If we are making up a play about the " Keeper of the Keys " , why do you think that neither of them can see ? |
| 30 | Erm , that neither of them can be here , they 're both attending the same meeting , 'cos I think it 's going to slow down progress , if that 's the case . |