Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] both " in BNC.
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| 1 | It made them both giggle . |
| 2 | While he was still searching for the right question to ask , the sound of a key in the padlock made them both jump . |
| 3 | A huge steel crane hook suddenly descended quietly between their faces and made them both leap back in alarm . |
| 4 | There was a certain constraint in his manner now which made them both ill-at-ease . |
| 5 | He joked with them like a cheerful , older brother and sang one or two shockingly rude Army songs that made them both giggle . |
| 6 | Carrie stood knee deep in the dry , sweet-smelling hay and helped Albert take Frederick 's huge forkfuls that were so heavy , sometimes , it made them both stagger . |
| 7 | Let down , their elation leaking away , they had decided to give up , and taken a taxi back to Alice 's mother 's house , where Alice made them both coffee and scrambled eggs . |
| 8 | The noise of a lock operating somewhere made them both look along the companionway . |
| 9 | She smiled at them again , and one of the young men leant towards his companion and said something which made them both laugh . |
| 10 | Melissa was about to retort that as she had only known Bonard for three days he could hardly be described as a friend of hers , when a surprised , ‘ Well , what do you know ? ’ from Jack made them both glance round . |
| 11 | A sound from the doorway made them both turn . |
| 12 | The shrill jangle of the door bell made them both jump . |
| 13 | The glow through , er yes the paper was erm , was the same colour all the way through and er , and erm they had quite an impact , but of course they , would only last a year or two er and er they started a small factory in London and , erm call it Hula-Hoops I think er , I do n't know whether Hula-Hoops came from the lighting shades or the lighting shades from the Hula-Hoops , but it was the same process that made them both and er this was erm thin plastic tubing brightly coloured , er which was er cemented together into er |
| 14 | As for the next ten years of Brookside , Eithne and the elusive Chrissie Rogers offer their best regards to the series that made them both household names . |
| 15 | I met them both at that Paris conference on sexuality and textuality I went to . |
| 16 | Norman led them both and then lost them both . |
| 17 | He rose and led them both down the stone steps , coming to a halt at the entrance to the vestry door . |
| 18 | The recoil flung them both back . |
| 19 | I think you slung them both . |
| 20 | ‘ And I 've missed you as well , ’ she laughed , as she hugged them both . |
| 21 | I read them both again erm last year for the first time for many years , and I found Herodotus much the better of the two , because Herodotus was prepared to be curious about everything . |
| 22 | Yet might there not have been some confused episode , something which , when Irina was much younger , had distressed her , appalled them both , something which neither of them in their childishness — for here Ludens saw Marcus as a child — had really understood ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I took each upon my knee and told them that Mamma is gone to Heaven to God Almighty , and asked them both to promise me that they would try to be good children and follow their mother to that happy place … ‘ |
| 25 | She got them both with a single burst , and sprinted away , zig-zagging down a side-street . |
| 26 | Jack dropped a couple of shots with poor putts but got them both back with a superb eagle at the sixteenth — an uphill par five with a difficult green , long and narrow and well protected with bunkers . |
| 27 | Nick Forster got them both . |
| 28 | and I got them both out whole an all |
| 29 | Taking no chances , he avoided them both in one long stride . |
| 30 | Piquet , having to swing wide , then pulled alongside but Prost , without losing any momentum at all , passed them both . |