Example sentences of "they both [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | so they both about the same thing , he 's been sitting there worried all day , he 's |
| 2 | In any one place , the two species gain by resembling each other , because predators will treat them both as the same kind of prey ; but few predators move far enough for there to be any advantage to the Heliconius in looking the same in distant places . |
| 3 | It is indeed a nice irony that two of the most famous characters in Scottish history , Mary and Knox , were united in their preference for countries other than Scotland , and that it was Elizabeth 's eventual , reluctant decision to have Mary executed , and her earlier unrelenting hostility to Knox , which catapulted them both into the realm of Scottish fascination and Scottish legend . |
| 4 | " Let's not hang about , " Collins said , ushering them both into the darkened hallway . |
| 5 | I reminded them both of the force of ancient ceremony , the ley-lines of hymeneal fortune , the gilded corrugations of the sacred text . |
| 6 | The tension and frustration that had built up in the claustrophobic atmosphere of their life in Northumberland had finally spilt over when Louise had taken them both to the West End to buy the birthday dress . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sorry I took so long — ’ Jenna started apologetically , but he interrupted smoothly , standing and motioning them both to the door . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's all right , love , ’ Mitch said soothingly , leading them both to the horses . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I welcome them both to the Board . |
| 11 | She felt that the slightest movement would snap his will , precipitating an explosion out of the swell of desire that was sweeping them both to the edge of a world they were too prudent to enter willingly . |
| 12 | But I think I resented them both for the same reason , that is , that something was happening to me , or rather to my body , which was completely outside of my own control . |
| 13 | The meagre rations — two lumps of meat and a few strands of pasta in thin soup — were to last them both for the whole day . |
| 14 | Our cautionary comments and suggestions are offered to ease the transitional processes of attachment and detachment in order to improve them both for the individual and the organisations involved . |
| 15 | The prosecution alleges Laing killed them both for the sake of stealing a car the family had advertised . |
| 16 | Keen-sighted people can distinguish them both with the naked eye . |
| 17 | The Prince rose and waved him round the table to the chair next to his before serving them both with the best wine the clerk had tasted in months . |
| 18 | He covered them both with the cool sheets but he had no intention of giving up his questioning . |
| 19 | He has placed them both on the sofa under the magnificent painting of a Ramayana demon by his Thai protegé , not facing one another across his huge desk , to indicate that this is an intimate and informal interview , not to be taken too seriously whatever she says . |
| 20 | I think he 's passing them both on the same time . |
| 21 | However , the most notable feature of these accounts is not so much their dating , as the apparent belief in St Augustine 's , where Goscelin spent the last years of his life , that Cnut visited them both on the way to and from Rome . |
| 22 | Elaborate precautions were taken to avoid disputes over precedence between the representatives of France and Spain ( the long-standing rivalry between these two states was the most serious potential source of this kind of friction ) by placing them both on the king 's right and at the same distance from him . |
| 23 | He had an alley mate , the man on the next machine , who pulled the levers for both of them at one end while William 's grandad pulled for them both at the other . |
| 24 | I often missed Constanza , but not being with them both at the same time was easier . |
| 25 | Hold them at the same height above the ground and let go of them both at the same moment . |
| 26 | He bent down , still trying to keep them both at the same height . |
| 27 | In fact , only one serious relationship lay behind her , with a Wellington actor who read news bulletins in order to eat , and it had died owing to lack of feeling , disappointing them both at the time , but Maria had philosophically absorbed the lesson at the heart of the sad experience . |
| 28 | If the whites can only hold their form , this may allow us to sneak up on the blind side and pip them both at the death . |
| 29 | Another appalling accident — on Parchamo when partner Mal Duff 's crampon failed precipitating them both down the mountain — dented his psychological readjustment following the Andes accident described in Touching the Void , but has n't destroyed it . |
| 30 | Once he even knocked them both down the stairs and sent them to bed with no dinner because they had returned with nothing . |