Example sentences of "both [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In the election of 1918 they could not bear it and both voted for the Labour Party .
2 The penalty seemed harsh as Jones went down in a collision with John Lukic as they both raced for a 50-50 ball .
3 Both called for the speedy conclusion of the GATT trade talks .
4 The 10/41 has one CPU , 1Mb cache and comes in June ; the 10/402 with dual 40MHz chips and the 10/512 , with dual 50MHz processors and 1Mb cache are both set for the fourth quarter ; a four-processor 45MHz model is planned for first quarter 1994 .
5 The 10/41 has one CPU , 1Mb cache and comes in June ; the 10/402 with dual 40MHz chips and the 10/512 , with dual 50MHz processors and 1Mb cache are both set for the fourth quarter ; a four-processor 45MHz model is planned for first quarter 1994 .
6 They both settled for an early night .
7 President Assad visited Mubarak in Alexandria on Aug. 28 , after which both called for an unconditional Iraqi withdrawal and a " restoration of legitimacy " in Kuwait .
8 They both worked for the same of accountants .
9 We 've both known for a long time how we feel about each other and all the reasons why nothing can ever come of it .
10 They had both hoped for a classic siege manoeuvre : a complete blockade of supplies , followed when the city was weak by an assault over ditches infilled by themselves , and preceded by feints , night attacks and heavy bombardment .
11 If there was a black kid and a white kid with equal qualifications who both went for the same job , I would have to put my money on the white kid getting the job , because we 're in a white-dominated society .
12 There is no doubt they deserved the points after pushing title favourites Galleywood and Stock — who both won for the third time this season on Saturday — so close in their last two matches .
13 Bremner and Jimmy Johnstone made Willie Ormond 's period as Scotland manager into a nightmare of infuriating incidents and in the '60s , the city of Turin was to be treated to some memorable scandals when Denis Law and Joe Baker both signed for the Italian League side Torino .
14 Travis had raised himself out of his despair to quip that she and his cousin both worked for the same firm , but the message that had come across to her from the dark steely look of Naylor Massingham was that that might be true now , but , since she had chosen not to heed his warning , one of them would not be working for the same firm for very much longer !
15 Legislative authority is held by the bicameral Congress , comprising a 27-member Senate and a 130-member Chamber of Deputies , both elected for a four-year term by universal adult suffrage .
16 It had responsibility for two institutions within five miles of each other , both established for the same function and both less than half full .
17 They are both required for a good comprehensive system of community care and the presence of the former will reduce , but not remove , the need for the latter .
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