Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pers pn] both [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Alain Lemarchand turned and regarded them both with ironic amusement . |
| 3 | Villagers arrived and helped them both to a local hospital — ‘ a filthy hospital with no sanitation — we begged them to use a clean needle . |
| 4 | On the moors O'Hara had endeavoured to summon up Heathcliff , and a gust of wind from beyond the grave had blown the cycle off course and toppled them both into a ditch . |
| 5 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
| 6 | There were no farewell parties for me when I left Moose Jaw , although Fred Workman took me to lunch and treated us both to a glass of ale at the Grant Hall Hotel . |
| 7 | Hindley began to be jealous of his father 's feelings for Heathcliff , and saw them both as enemies . |
| 8 | But he considered this an unforgivable insult to his dignity and marched us both to an underground lavatory on the edge of the square , followed by a curious and gleeful crowd waiting for the extranjeros to get their come-uppance . |
| 9 | He blotted the card and slid them both under the counter . |