Example sentences of "it [vb past] both " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was already clear to Coleman from his analysis of the drugs-related intelligence coming out of Lebanon that the traditional heroin route to the US via Cyprus , Frankfurt and London was used regularly by both agencies , that the traffic was not always in narcotics and that it moved both ways . |
| 2 | Set off with the towing Julie 's car and the tow rope just snapped in two , and it jerked both cars and it cut off the fuel . |
| 3 | Yes it might I 've seen it spelt both ways . |
| 4 | It seemed both sides were optimistic last night that an agreement could be reached . |
| 5 | And even if it was not it allowed both sides an extra nine months in which to strengthen their positions . |
| 6 | It allowed both of them to retreat with their dignity intact . |
| 7 | the argument was continuous and as it developed both sides changed their positions . |
| 8 | The PRD now held only 40 seats in the Chamber of Deputies ; of its former four Senate seats , it lost both those which were up for election . |
| 9 | If there was a certain element of the Prince and the Pauper in all this , it worked both ways . |
| 10 | Only it worked both ways . |
| 11 | It worked both ways , protecting us and protecting the Legion . |
| 12 | It brought both of the Lorrimores to their feet in an incredulous rush , but they had only to look at the faces crowding behind her to know it was true . |
| 13 | ‘ I do not like … ’ she whispered in a voice so quiet that it brought both of them lower in their cages to get nearer to her , the argument between them forgotten , ‘ … |
| 14 | They 'd spent part of the morning carrying boxes of some sort from one hut to another , apparently fairly heavy boxes , because it took both men to carry them . |
| 15 | It did both , but this only drove home to her the grossness and subjectivity of her own temperament . |
| 16 | The exclusion of the renunciation clauses weakened the force of the treaty ; it gave both sides the opportunity to prevaricate and , in the event , the renunciations were never carried out . |
| 17 | It had both Egan 's fingerprints on it and those of Place , blurred but identifiable . |
| 18 | It suited both parties for their accommodations to be by ‘ gentleman 's agreement ’ . |
| 19 | He enjoyed a good relationship with Acheson and it suited both men for Dulles to be closely involved in policy formulation : Acheson because it would diminish at least some of the acrimony in Congress and Dulles because he wished to consolidate his record so that he could become Secretary of State in the next Republican administration . |
| 20 | Although it impressed both Cicero ( 106–43 BC ) and Virgil ( 70–19 BC ; ) , the Epicureanism on which it was based made little impression on the Romans , except for its hedonistic aspect . |
| 21 | It infuriated both of us that we did n't feel able to dress as we liked , on the basis of comfort , without worrying about it . |