Example sentences of "both way [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Ryker was standing by the door to the compartment , watching both ways for anyone approaching .
2 Ya'acov Friedler experienced two very different , but both very English , foster homes , adapting with ease and enthusiasm to both ways of life .
3 I do n't know how many kids he has ( Faldo has two , with a third expected the week of the Masters ) but I find it amazing he can combine both ways of life .
4 For both ways of life and for both sets of values , excluders and includers , the language of ‘ coping ’ and ‘ coming to terms ’ describes the transition between one world and another world ; this much they agree on , even if the values they attach to these worlds are totally opposite .
5 Standing orders and direct debits are both ways of authorising the payment of regular sums from your current account to a specifically maned person or organisation .
6 As we shall see in chapter 13 the Greeks , even the militarily professional Spartans , did not develop a system comparable to the Roman imperium militiae or the dictatorship , which are both ways of relieving a commander from the normal political constraints on decisive action .
7 They are both ways of discouraging firms from taking additional people on to their payrolls .
8 ALISON LIMERICK : ‘ Where Love Lives ’ ( Arista ) cutting her cake both ways with this re-release of her massive club hit , remixed so she can have her doughnut and eat it — out on Monday
9 Travelling both ways on the overnight services , with comfortable reclining seat or cabin accommodation , not only extends your holiday by two nights it also ensures that you arrive rested and refreshed .
10 ‘ You ca n't bet both ways on a two-horse race , ’ Dickinson objected .
11 He ducked out of the cell , looked both ways along the passage and ducked back again .
12 When he reached the gates , pushing through the children , he looked both ways along the main road , then set off at a trot in the general direction of the Stones ' household , several miles away .
13 The door to the room opened and Chris Evans glanced out , checked the identity of the waiter in his own mind , then peered both ways along the corridor .
14 ‘ I can see both ways along the Bridge . ’
15 She drew back the curtain with her hand and looked both ways along the deserted street .
16 The train will be diesel hauled both ways between Waterloo and Andover .
17 The Electricity Boards ' defence ( that the offers reflected their costs because small consumers were expensive to supply ) was plausible in principle , but in a few Boards collapsed under more careful probing , and allegations of unfair competition continued to flow both ways between the industries .
18 There 'll be overnight work taking place in that area , both ways between junctions fourteen and fifteen , Heathrow and the M four , that 's between nine pm tonight and six am tomorrow morning ; there 'll be outside lane closures for lighting repairs .
19 And there are just er two lanes running both ways between junctions five and seven , that 's between Stokenchurch and Thame .
20 It is , I suppose , one manifestation of man 's indomitable urge to ‘ have it both ways at once ’ .
21 ‘ Letting the man have it both ways at once .
22 I find myself rather like the old shell man having to look both ways at once , because part of my division is is town and part of it is country and they have very different views about the by-pass erm
23 Any emotional pain , sense of frustration , or loss of freedom cuts both ways in this relationship , as it does in many others .
24 This accurate boring mill also meant that it was easy to convert the engine to a double acting one , i.e. one where the piston is pushed both ways in the cylinder .
25 The dead giveaway , though , was that they were both way beyond Juvenile Court status and they were both wearing suits .
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