Example sentences of "both had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both these families had sons of about twenty , both had been in the crowd that won the signature from Menzies of Bolfracks . |
| 2 | Mr Ashton told yesterday 's hearing that neither man had served a day of his sentence as both had been out of the jurisdiction . |
| 3 | Both had been returned by huge majorities , having long been out of office . |
| 4 | ‘ The … ah … manner in which they were found would seem to indicate that both had been drinking heavily . |
| 5 | Annunciata had eyes and ears and both had been busy conveying subtle messages . |
| 6 | It transpired that both had been betrayed by a Russian agent , Hans Geyer , who using the alias ‘ Henry Toll ’ had infiltrated Gehlen 's organisation and passed on all the details of his plans to Moscow . |
| 7 | Both had been disgracefully neglected till then . |
| 8 | Both had been dragged on a Highland holiday from leather-button cardiganed Surbiton , I also decided . |
| 9 | Both had been defeated . |
| 10 | Both had been having affairs and there had been several brief separations . |
| 11 | Both had been , in their prime , booming and prosperous ports . |
| 12 | Now both had been swept away and under the new Act a debtor could only be adjudicated bankrupt on his creditor 's petition . |
| 13 | And the Princess Joanna 's marriage to David Stewart was to be declared null and void , since both had been mere infants at its celebration , and the princess free to marry whomsoever her royal brother selected , Balliol himself being glad and privileged to wed her if this was his Lord Edward 's will and choice . |
| 14 | Both had been sold off and Aunt Lou remained in residence on the ground floor which she 'd had converted into a suitable flat for herself . |
| 15 | Both had been flown from Tangmere while undertaking their world air speed record runs in 1946 and 1953 respectively . |
| 16 | Both had been in detention without charge or trial since their arrest following the coup d'état which brought Hafez al-Assad to power in November 1970 . |
| 17 | Both had been associated with the exiled ‘ government ’ based at Chungking from 1938 to 1945 . |
| 18 | Both had been presidential bodyguards with the Reagan administration but neither of them had ever had to draw his gun in anger . |
| 19 | Both had been leaders of the Conservative Party . |
| 20 | The reason for drawing a distinction between Francis and Findlay though both had been held incommunicado in breach of PACE was that Francis , unlike Findlay , had been able to see his solicitor for half an hour before signing the notes . |
| 21 | Both had been arrested and were charged with serious terrorist offences , of which I was sure they were totally innocent ; although I was equally sure that they had engaged in active political propaganda , which in some ways would have been no less objectionable to the South African government . |
| 22 | They were only a matter of metres away but , due to the insulation which separated every portion of dock superstructure — a provision designed as a safeguard against just the kind of occurrence which had threatened Rostov — both had been safe from danger . |
| 23 | Both had been comparatively junior when their association started . |
| 24 | Both had been at the hospital until after midnight , though they had understood from the moment they arrived that their son was dead . |
| 25 | The inevitable course for them both had been clear tonight ; if she had stayed they would have made love again — there had been no question about it . |
| 26 | Both had been dismissed from the Army for involvement in a previous attempt in May 1988 . |
| 27 | Both had been members of the party secretariat . |
| 28 | Both had been pardoned by Menem in October 1989 [ see pp. 36972-73 ] and subsequently cashiered , but Seineldin had been re-arrested and sentenced on Oct. 22 to 60 days ' military detention in San Martín de los Andes , 1,500 km from Buenos Aires , for bypassing the Army chain of command and writing directly to Menem warning him of growing discontent within the Army [ see p. 37853 ] . |
| 29 | Both had been active in the 1976 movement of dissent , and Wang had subsequently held office in the Communist Party . |
| 30 | Both had been part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific , established in 1947 , until this was terminated for both the FSM and Marshall Islands in December 1990 [ see p. 37920 ] . |