Example sentences of "neither of [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Neither of them fits the picture of a proper mother . ’ |
| 2 | They did not pray two rak'ahs before making love , or perform wudu after intercourse ( perhaps because neither of them had the faintest idea what wudu might be ) , and they were woefully deficient in the sacrifice and dowry departments . |
| 3 | Neither of them understood the words but the music represented all that was fair and just . |
| 4 | Neither of them guarantee the right to have an alternation of power . " |
| 5 | Meanwhile the couple in bed were so engrossed in each other that neither of them heard the fuse as it spluttered towards them . |
| 6 | Driven by a fever long suppressed , neither of them heard the door open . |
| 7 | And so it went on , neither of them hearing the real concern of the other . |
| 8 | Jane had shown Patrick how to open the bottle of champagne , and they drank it slowly , neither of them enjoying the sharp fizzy taste , but neither willing to admit it . |
| 9 | I suppose what 's happened is this : he has gone on staring out of the window , thinking , and she has gone on staring at him , waiting , with such absorption that neither of them noticed the tape had run out . |
| 10 | Once long ago , Otto Werner 's father had danced with Esther Breuer 's mother , on New Year 's Eve , in Vienna , in 1925 : but neither of them remembers the incident , and therefore , perhaps , it does not exist ? |
| 11 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 12 | For neither of them did the medication appear to have been helpful and , in collaboration with their general practitioner , it was therefore stopped . |
| 13 | Neither of them minded the burned taste in the least ; they sat side by side on the sand , the tall dark man and the small dark boy , at peace together . |
| 14 | ‘ And neither of you left the flat between say eight and eleven ? ’ |
| 15 | Neither of us deserves the pain and anguish you two have caused . |
| 16 | His eyes shone as he spoke of his great purpose in life , and I was listening , fascinated , so neither of us heard the light footsteps approaching the cottage along the grassy path . |
| 17 | Another thing that is quite likely to happen is that neither of us trusts the other : we both play DEFECT for all ten rounds of the game , and the banker gains $100 in fines from each of us . |
| 18 | However , they agreed to come back for their next session , in which Tom said , ‘ We have thought about what you said last week , and neither of us likes the idea of having ‘ tartiness ’ in our relationship , as you put it . |
| 19 | But neither of us had the nerve to confide in anyone else about his abuse . |
| 20 | Neither of us had the time . |
| 21 | Neither of us knows the answer . |
| 22 | Besides , neither of us liked the idea of the swim out to the Nocturne . |