Example sentences of "[pron] both [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 so they both about the same thing , he 's been sitting there worried all day , he 's
2 In any one place , the two species gain by resembling each other , because predators will treat them both as the same kind of prey ; but few predators move far enough for there to be any advantage to the Heliconius in looking the same in distant places .
3 " Let's not hang about , " Collins said , ushering them both into the darkened hallway .
4 Taking a step back , he flung the blanket aside , cursing aloud as the movement wrenched his arm , and lowered them both to the hard bench .
5 The meagre rations — two lumps of meat and a few strands of pasta in thin soup — were to last them both for the whole day .
6 But I think I resented them both for the same reason , that is , that something was happening to me , or rather to my body , which was completely outside of my own control .
7 The Prince rose and waved him round the table to the chair next to his before serving them both with the best wine the clerk had tasted in months .
8 He covered them both with the cool sheets but he had no intention of giving up his questioning .
9 Keen-sighted people can distinguish them both with the naked eye .
10 I think he 's passing them both on the same time .
11 He bent down , still trying to keep them both at the same height .
12 I often missed Constanza , but not being with them both at the same time was easier .
13 Hold them at the same height above the ground and let go of them both at the same moment .
14 You use the same kind of glass , you put the same amount of ice in each glass and you leave them both in the same place ( so that they are both at the same temperature ) .
15 In so doing , she reminds us both of the considerable differences between spoken and written language ; and of the complexity of the task children face in learning to read and master the written representation of language .
16 Indeed , the police treated us both with the greatest sympathy and consideration from the moment I rang them from a callbox on the Abingdon Road .
17 My little mistress went from her father 's bedroom to mine , and back again , and looked after us both with the greatest care .
18 We 're only together tonight because you put us both on the same invitation .
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