Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] both " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carradine was shaking , holding onto my desk with both hands to keep steady . |
| 2 | But one day I must take my courage in both hands and go back to visit |
| 3 | I was now able to breathe properly and started to feel over my body with both hands . |
| 4 | My reaction to both these problems is to consider whether it is better to concentrate on using private organisations both for training and for publications . |
| 5 | And if they twist things still to my disgrace in both counts , what more is there I can do ? |
| 6 | I went on my back on both of them . |
| 7 | Thus it was that Ira Dilworth paid tribute and bade farewell to Emily Carr with the borrowed lines from Thomas Hardy , and I am certain that none would object if I borrow them as my tribute to both . |
| 8 | I was bought a large trunk and Uncle Charlie came round one Saturday morning and sign-wrote my name on both ends , with my house number . |
| 9 | Managing director Vincent Rey says , ‘ I have been in the tour operating business since 1965 , so my knowledge of both sides of the business is greater than that of many people running retail outlets . ’ |
| 10 | I soon found my way around both the broad boulevards and reeking , rat-infested alleyways . |
| 11 | I sit beside her mum , who grasps my arm with both hands , like a drowning woman . |
| 12 | I rubbed my face with both hands , asked , ‘ How do you keep awake ? ’ |
| 13 | In any case , the Tribunal will give written notice of its decision to both parties within 28 days of the meeting . |
| 14 | She smoothed her hair with both hands , peering at her reflection in the mirror near the sink . |
| 15 | Instead she lifted her hair with both hands , smoothing it up from the nape of her neck and piling it on top of her head in a soft copper mound . |
| 16 | I grasped her hair with both hands , binding her head against my loins while I came in her mouth , loudly and at some length . |
| 17 | It seems to me there is no foundation for it whatever ; all that a court of justice can look to is the parliamentary roll ; they see that an Act has passed both Houses of Parliament , and that it has received the royal assent , and no court of justice can inquire into the manner in which it was introduced into Parliament , what was done previously to its being introduced , or what passed in Parliament during the various stages of its progress through both Houses of Parliament . |
| 18 | As it was , I already knew of their resignation as both had phoned me to see if I would give them backing in a boardroom coup . |
| 19 | He hoped the commission changed its mind on both counts . |
| 20 | By now a new restriction had been placed on their friendship by both parents . |
| 21 | The Manchurian winter took its toll on both sides . |
| 22 | They acknowledged that Mr Blake , from Lord Jim , had rescued their employee on both occasions and they wished to record their thanks for this . |
| 23 | If the scores are tied , then the referee panel will award the victory on the basis of their appraisal of both contestants ' performances up to the point where injury occurred . |
| 24 | Dr Hendron said : ‘ Of course we support police in their work against both sets of paramilitaries . |
| 25 | Earlier this month the Badgers Bill completed its passage through both Houses of Parliament , and by now should have royal assent . |
| 26 | He managed to break its grip before both animals burst through the wooden doors . |
| 27 | The Brazilian Government is n't likely to change its spots in either way without massive pressure of public opinion , and it should be pressed to change its attitude in both directions . |
| 28 | ‘ The church ought to take its courage in both hands with this disease . |
| 29 | She picked up both the paper and the keys , and this time held her arms out immediately in front of her — where she could keep her eye on both at the same time . |
| 30 | Davide 's father , catching sight of the Easter cake , the swelling mound of almonds and millet , scented with rosewater and baked to the colour of the golden fields of August , called for silence by tinkling his wine glass , and Rosalba , who was holding the serving dish out from her body with both hands , stood and stopped in the door at the hurly-burly her proffering excited . |