Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] it at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here you are trying to have your cake and eat it at the same time … |
| 2 | I needed to come up with a solution which avoided this overly defined focal point and used it at the same time . |
| 3 | The Eskimos of Alaska were collecting amber and trading it at the late summer fair held at Kotzebue on the north-west coast down to recent times . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're sending it and keeping it at the same time ? ’ |
| 5 | It 's a sort of That 's right push it through the hole and catch it at the other side . |
| 6 | Frozen food storage cabinets are designed to accept pre-frozen food and hold it at the proper storage temperature — 18°C to -22°C . |
| 7 | Other examples in the Renaissance include the malcontent who haunts the very power structure which has alienated him , seeking reinscription within it but at the same time demystifying it , operating within and subverting it at the same time ; the revengers whose actions constitute an even more violent bid for reinscription within the very society which has alienated and dispossessed them ; the assertive women , the ‘ women on top ’ described by Natalie Zemon Davis who simultaneously appropriate , exploit , and undermine masculine discourse . |
| 8 | A qualified instructor will demonstrate how to use equipment properly , how to get the best from your body and enjoy it at the same time . |
| 9 | Quiss stumbled out of his seat , almost falling , scooped a flat piece of slate from the floor and threw it at the red crow , which screamed and jumped out of the way , spreading its wings and dropping away , flying into the cold clear space below the balcony , its final call echoing briefly , like laughter . |
| 10 | Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket . |
| 11 | On present thinking , it would be more logical to treat it as revision and to do it at the later stage . |
| 12 | I needed more of the thinner timber , but I ca n't fetch , chop and feed it at the same time . ’ |
| 13 | Tom unbuttoned his overcoat , fished in the pocket of the dark suit which he scathingly referred to as his ‘ city uniform ’ for his identity card and flashed it at the uniformed security man . |
| 14 | Twin solutions to equations ( 9.17 ) and ( 9.19 ) of equal positive and negative values of a again correspond to the possibility of feeding the symmetric section at either end and terminating it at the other end . |
| 15 | ‘ Listen , friend , ’ the Campbell produced a pistol and pointed it at the tall boy , ‘ do you see this ? ’ |
| 16 | The assistant then ushered them through the doorway behind the counter , removed a sonic transmitter from his pocket and pointed it at the empty bookcase against the opposite wall . |
| 17 | She was about to shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod . |