Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] both " in BNC.
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| 1 | JOHN McConnochie and Arthur Stephenson were both satisfied with the outcome of the Edward Hanmer Memorial Chase after their horses fought out a thrilling finish in the three mile handicap at Haydock yesterday . |
| 2 | Miguel Montepeque and Antulio Castillo were both MAS leaders . |
| 3 | It was a costly night against Motherwell , however , because Richard Gough and Trevor Steven were both taken off after suffering groin injuries which will cast doubt on their availability for the immediate future . |
| 4 | Claire and Nickie were both in the process of changing pills when they fell pregnant . |
| 5 | Gordon Middleton and Alan Hill were both given a conditional discharge . |
| 6 | Anne and Millie were both in the kitchen and they were having a serious talk as well . |
| 7 | Elizabeth Kell , wife of a Unitarian minister in Southampton , and Mrs Hampson of Plymouth were both extensively concerned with work among the poor . |
| 8 | Waite and Sutherland were both freed November 18 , 1991 . |
| 9 | But because of the nature of the printing process , Rembrandt was both methodical and economical with the paper he used , buying a ream ( 480 sheets ) at a time , and often printing three etchings onto one sheet . |
| 10 | ‘ His game was up , ’ said Mr Wakerley , who has told the jury that Sams was both Stephanie 's kidnapper and Julie 's murderer . |
| 11 | Even assessments as tiny as the £4 of Robert Fonten of Burcott in Wing and the 20s. of William Taylor of Soulbury were both annotated ‘ in all England ’ . |
| 12 | ( So may excellent writers : Byron and Keats were both less than perfect spellers . ) |
| 13 | To mark the return to normal , a totally abnormal arrangement was made , whereby West Indies and England were both in Australia at the same time , playing alternate Tests against the home team . |
| 14 | An off-key Danny Ryan lost to an Australian by 3-1 in the lowest scoring contest of the tournament , and Frankie Slane , at 18 the baby of this Ulster side and Colin McFarland were both beaten by Canadians on finals night . |
| 15 | Brian Ross and Chris Camden were both on target in the 3-2 win the duo also scored in last year 's victory over the FA and Howard said : ‘ They have come up trumps again , and it is another excellent boost for Marine . ’ |
| 16 | Brian Ross and Chris Camden were both on target in the 3-2 win the duo also scored in last year 's victory over the FA and Howard said : ‘ They have come up trumps again and it is another excellent boost for Marine . ’ |
| 17 | Suite and Primavera were both given at Witwatersrand University , Johannesburg , on 3 to 6 October 1945 ( six performances ) . |
| 18 | Moxie and Franca were both ( in retrospect ) shocked by the degree of force used . |
| 19 | Richardson and Lishman were both local artists and teachers of art . |
| 20 | The games at Parkhead against Hibs and at McDiarmid Park against Falkirk were both meaningful in the sense that they influenced either the chase for a place in Europe or the relegation issue . |
| 21 | ITV and BBC1 were both soon broadcasting some 13 hours a day ( the main change being an extension of afternoon hours ) — double the amount 20 years earlier . |
| 22 | Ted who is from Northern Ireland and Joan from Aberdeen were both in the RAF where they met and finally married in 1952 . |
| 23 | Herland 's last and greatest work , the new roof of hammer-beam construction for Westminster Hall , started in January 1394 and continued until shortly after 1400 : Master Hugh was both master carpenter and controller . |
| 24 | They were an ordinary family , all born and bred locally , but their relationship with Alexander was both friendly and relaxed . |
| 25 | To keep them in tutelage to the CNAA was both humiliating and unfair . |
| 26 | Consequently , the decision was all the more difficult to comprehend , and Close 's manager Barney Eastwood was both furious and dumbfounded . |
| 27 | He still let his eyes run over her and Maggie was both embarrassed and shocked at the look in them . |
| 28 | Sharpe was both amused and irritated by her questioning , but it was harmless , so he indulged her . |
| 29 | Jessica Wright was fourth in the junior girls ' 200m backstroke and Catherine Denard and Beth Grant were both sixth in the 1977 girls ' backstroke and 1978 girls ' butterfly respectively . |
| 30 | Chile and Argentina were both offered barter deals , involving the exchange of Chilean nitrates ( demand for which had recently collapsed because of German development of synthetic substitutes ) and Argentine agricultural products for Soviet crude oil , along with assistance in the setting up of their own national refineries . |