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Example sentences for "both great and small"

  • Now when the king who at that time ruled in Raumarike heard of this, he thought it was a very bad affair; for every day came men to him, both great and small, who told him what was doing.

  • King Harald made this law over all the lands he conquered, that all the udal property should belong to him; and that the bondes, both great and small, should pay him land dues for their possessions.

  • But all, both great and small, refused To be of beast-life disabused.

  • In Athens it fell out, This pleased the motley rout, Both great and small.

  • Then he felt all the whales and salmon and the other fishes, both great and small, crowding in.

  • Then all the whales and the salmon and the other good fishes, both great and small, thought it was a beautiful cavern in the rocks.

  • Then he opened his anus again, and let out all the whales and the salmon and the other good fishes, both great and small, so that the whole house was full of them.

  • Then he opened his anus again, and let out all the whales and salmon, and the other good fishes, both great and small, so that the whole house was full of them.

  • The grand, majestic oak could not be quite happy in the midst of his enjoyment, while all the rest, both great and small, were not with him.

  • I have them all here, both great and small; not one has been forgotten.

  • In the centre of the hall stood a tree, with drooping branches, from which hung golden apples, both great and small, looking like oranges amid the green leaves.

  • When the king's decree which he shall make is published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give their husbands honor, both great and small.

  • When these days were fulfilled, the king made a seven day feast for all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    both boys; both branches; both cheeks; both directions; both ends; both families; both from; both great and small; both here; both kinds; both know; both languages; both parts; both shores; both small and great; both surfaces; both ways; both were; both wings; brought against; doubt whether; made signs; minute after; must expect; through every; will stay