Example sentences of "were both [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't even speak as he opened the passenger door for her , but when they were both seated inside , he did n't start the engine , simply sat there instead , gazing out over the slightly sloping and now largely empty car park . |
| 2 | Rachel found herself following him into the social club and a few minutes later when they were both seated with their drinks in the same window-seat where they had sat before she said , ‘ So what 's your connection with Conway House ? ’ |
| 3 | Regis and Gary Bannister were both denied at close range before MacDonald spared us extra time with a rising 25-yarder which found the top left corner of Steve Sherwood 's net . |
| 4 | I did not meet him socially until 1975 when we were both invited as guest speakers to the annual dinner of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne division of the Royal Naval Reserves . |
| 5 | For the second group , A was always followed by events having comparable strength ( X and Y were both reinforced on 50 per cent of occasions ) . |
| 6 | In its concern with manipulation , classical criminology was fully compatible with its successor , positivist criminology ; they were both based on the belief that the primary purpose of the penal system was to control crime . |
| 7 | Classification of the disease course ( remission/mild , moderate or severe ) and calculation of the mean stool frequency were both based on the highest level of disease activity experienced during the entire study . |
| 8 | ‘ We were both born and brought up in Heymouth . ’ |
| 9 | George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde were both born here , and the James Joyce Museum , at Sandycove Point , is housed in one of the Martello towers build to defend Ireland from Napoleon 's threatened invasion . |
| 10 | The Foreign Ministry informs us now that , since your parents were both born Soviet citizens , under Soviet law you are a Soviet citizen also . |
| 11 | My husband and I have lived in Germany for 16 years and we have two lovely children who were both born here . |
| 12 | ‘ You and I were both born here , in Cork , but you think of it as Cork , Ireland , while I think of it as just Cork , where I live . ’ |
| 13 | They were both born by Caesarean , one under general anaesthetic and one under an epidural . |
| 14 | My Mother and Father were both born in Western Australia . |
| 15 | The Van Railway , like the BCR , was built from plans drawn by Robert and Benjamin Piercy , who were both born in Trefeglwys , where one of the stations was built . |
| 16 | My parents were both born here , in Hochhauser . ’ |
| 17 | Mrs Cossins and husband Ray decided four children was enough but ended up with six when nine-year-old Stephen and Caroline , eight , were both born after a sterilisation operation at North Tees General Hospital . |
| 18 | It must have been a proud moment for William Lee , particularly as " Monarch " and " Renown " were both built at his own yard . |
| 19 | Warrington centre Batemen ( injured thigh ) and Hull forward Marlow ( groin strain ) were both named in the side to play in Perpignan . |
| 20 | Suite and Primavera were both given at Witwatersrand University , Johannesburg , on 3 to 6 October 1945 ( six performances ) . |
| 21 | The advice we were both given before we started our long stint was : " Do n't take alcohol or sit down . |
| 22 | He was for a time in Ireland overseeing the introduction of these changes , and he and Thomas were both given substantial pensions ( £100 each ) in 1603 . |
| 23 | As an interesting footnote to the story , after their part in the operation , the two gallant ferries were both given the prefix ‘ Royal ’ by King George V. In 1933 , New Medway Steam Packet Co bought Royal Daffodil and three years later , General Steam bought out NMSP Co , thus bringing the heroic vessel into the P&O fleet . |
| 24 | Gordon Middleton and Alan Hill were both given a conditional discharge . |
| 25 | Estrada , a senator , and Defensor Santiago , were both seen as populist outsiders . |
| 26 | What was the surname of the Tory mother and son who were both elected to Parliament in 1983 ? |
| 27 | Vu Oanh , 67 , and Le Phuoc Tho , 64 , were both elected to the secretariat in 1986 and had been in charge of mass mobilization and agriculture , respectively ; Pham Van Kai , 58 , the Soviet-trained Chair of the State Commission for Planning , was one of five southerners in the new politburo and a former mayor of Ho Chi Minh City ; Bui Thien Ngo , 62 , was Permanent Vice-Minister of the Interior ; Nong Duc Manh , 51 , a member of the Tay ethnic group and the first minority leader to be elected to the politburo , was head of the central committee 's commission for nationalities ; Pham The Duyet , 55 , was secretary of the Hanoi party committee and a former trade union leader ; Nguyen Duc Binh , 64 , was director of the Nguyen Duc Binh Institute for training party cadres ; Vo Tran Chi , 64 , was secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City party committee . |
| 28 | Walter Sisulu and Govan Mbeki , Mandela 's veteran prison companions who had been released in Oct. 1989 and November 1987 respectively [ pp. 36964 ; 36074 ] after serving long prison sentences , were both re-elected to the executive , now enlarged to 34 members . |
| 29 | Before the death there were up to 15 dogs in the house , as the family 's bitch produced two litters which were both kept — one set in the kitchen , and the other in a bedroom . |
| 30 | Within seconds they were both drenched to the skin . |