Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] both " in BNC.
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| 1 | He signalled me from Pitt Street and I met him and he gave me the peg [ the notebook entry you both make ] . |
| 2 | He will remember how long it took you to get back to normal after your caesarean , and the distress you both felt when Carl was so small . |
| 3 | ‘ I know that you are predisposed to leave things here ; I have employed purely technical means to help you rid yourself of something you wish to regard as a technical problem but behind this eidetic delusion we both know there lies an emotional reality . |
| 4 | In that case , one would expect the players to have little trouble in arriving at the result they both desire — mutual disarmament . |
| 5 | Schooldays and the void they both felt when the boys went off to boarding school , followed by the joy unconfined when they came home at the end of term . |
| 6 | Perhaps he had had the same thought , because as their eyes met something seemed to pass between them , some spark of longing they both recognised . |
| 7 | Although Harry 's conscience kept him awake that night until the early hours , the temptation of a day alone with Madeleine dulled his feeling of guilt about borrowing Dunbar 's car to further his own pursuit of the girl they both loved . |
| 8 | They were about to become locked in a bitter legal battle for the future of the child they both loved . |
| 9 | ‘ I found it unpleasant , his needling you both like that , so I wiped the tape . ’ |
| 10 | Barbara , it 's a good job you both went out with George again because I mean Dave 's got well I remember really knowing with hair ! |
| 11 | ‘ What a charming picture you both make , ’ he said , sinking wearily into the chair Jules had drawn back for him . |
| 12 | This is being conducted by Simon Holdaway , an ex-police officer turned academic , with whom I discussed the anthropological potential for police studies at a 1988 conference we both attended . |
| 13 | For a moment we both stayed silent . |
| 14 | In this solemn moment they both gazed abstractedly at the sweet trolley . |
| 15 | At that moment they both heard the bang of the basement 's front door . |
| 16 | For a long moment they both stopped eating , and looked across the table at each other . |
| 17 | No , the point they both make is that Jesus was equipped for his messianic mission by the Spirit promised for the last days ; that this Spirit was not available to others in the days of his flesh ; and that after his death and resurrection the last days were extended , so to speak , by the followers of Jesus inheriting his mission , his authority and his Spirit . |
| 18 | In the evening they both listen-in [ to the radio ] and enjoy it very much , especially the Sunday evening sermons . ’ |
| 19 | Agnes hurried into the back shop , turned up the gas jet , quickly transferred two dozen sugar mice to one fancy box and six chocolate cats to another ; and when she returned with them into the shop they both exclaimed , and it was the young woman who said , ‘ What pretty boxes ! |
| 20 | Both methods suffer from the problem that performance of the file degrades as additions are made , and in consequence they both require that the file should be reorganized at regular intervals . |
| 21 | In the tiny room they both have their backs towards us . |
| 22 | After a bit we both found the grammar rather monotonous and tried a little conversation so that my English would benefit too . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course we both know it 's wish fulfilment . |
| 24 | The case we both saw Mrs Downes take up to London . ’ |
| 25 | After a hard day of gruelling silence over long distance we both mumble bleak consent to stop for the night . |
| 26 | At least for a while we both managed to forget . ’ |
| 27 | And then , later , ‘ At least for a while we both managed to forget ’ . |
| 28 | Nope … afaik they both went to Sheff univ . |
| 29 | When the two embarked on a mission against the giant Humbaba they both had dreams highly significant to their project . |
| 30 | Even the references to classical antiquity and feudalism remain vague and unspecific , although it is clear that , unlike their discussion of tribal society , these are based on much greater knowledge , obtained largely from the classical education they both shared . |