Example sentences of "it [was/were] both a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was both a question and a statement and we both smiled , for we both knew the answer . |
| 2 | It was both a defence of translation of the Bible and an assertion of the loyalty of the Reformers to the state . |
| 3 | It was both a health resort and a winter retreat for the rich and influential of the day . |
| 4 | Here in the Abu Dhabi/Al Ain area it was both a statement and a signature used only by those whose lives were rooted in the place . |
| 5 | To me it was both an ending and a beginning . |
| 6 | It was both an acknowledgement and an easing of the exquisite — almost intolerable tension that had been built up between them . |