Example sentences of "both [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They both lived for travelling . |
| 2 | We were both looking for comfort — I because of Marcus , you because of Lotta — and we found it together . |
| 3 | WHelan did nt look out of place , but in this match I feel that he and Deane were both looking for the same balls and not really working as a pair . |
| 4 | I said vs West Ham that Whelan and Deane we too similar , both looking for the same ball — or not feeding off each other . |
| 5 | We both count for three seconds , maintaining the formation … one thousand and one , one thousand and two , one thousand and three … then he banks hard over left in a 4g turn . |
| 6 | What we both yearn for . |
| 7 | The two heavies spin round to see four lethal-looking blacks gliding swiftly from the limousine , and they both freeze for a second like cowboys ready to draw . |
| 8 | More important for the present discussion , however , was the spatial variability in both support for the strike over the full period and the rate of the drift back to work . |
| 9 | This may have been an open-ended shop with timber uprights based on the blocks , so providing both support for the gable end and a frame into which wooden shutters could be fitted when the shop was closed ( see Catterick , p. 114 ) . |
| 10 | Joey turned the van over to Seth , and they both drove for a while , until Seth motioned for Joey to pull over . |
| 11 | The first MacDonalds fast-food restaurant and an Estée Lauder perfumery in Moscow ( both selling for ordinary roubles ) both attracted huge queues . |
| 12 | Trial was fixed for both accused for 8 June . |
| 13 | When she got downstairs they were both waiting for her , so obviously waiting that she stopped dead and looked alarmed . |
| 14 | erm were they both used for sleeping in at night ? |
| 15 | Their dedication and support have been invaluable in both accounting for the Association 's funds and managing them effectively . |
| 16 | On that merry note we both retired for the night . |
| 17 | Both allow for the possibility that speculators might be risk-averse . |
| 18 | I can not part from this case without expressing my profound gratitude to both counsel for their very clear , able and concise arguments . |
| 19 | Alternatively , the speaking order can be : leading counsel for the appellant ; both counsel for the respondent ; junior counsel for the appellant ( who thus has the last word ) . |
| 20 | A b on on one day he he went earlier and he had his lunch in London , he said , and there was another man on the table and er the both reached for the salt together and upset it and there was apologies and talks and then he discovered that he was the buyer for the London County Council . |
| 21 | They both laughed for a while and then fell silent . |
| 22 | They both apply for help under the scheme above . |
| 23 | His accident was a joke , which we both fell for . |
| 24 | Privatisations , because of the large size of funds involved , have tended to include elements of both offer for sale and placings . |
| 25 | Both fighting for them . ’ |
| 26 | The woman searches — though these days she does n't know it , matters of procreation being so far from anyone 's thoughts — for a good father for her young , adequate in looks , more than adequate as a provider ; the man searches for a good , kind and competent mother for his children , not such a dog as to make copulation a problem — both settle for the best he or she can do . |
| 27 | I barged in when they both paused for breath . |
| 28 | We both paused for a moment , then chanted together , |
| 29 | They both paused for thought . |
| 30 | The plan seemed to offer both help for the neglected old and , by creating demand , employment for the younger members of society . |