Example sentences of "[vb infin] [coord] [verb] [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was only asking why you waste so much time stealing stuff you ca n't eat and then waste more time stealing dogs when you could steal and eat at the same time , as it were . ’ |
| 2 | After Belfast , he knew what women could do and smile at the same time . |
| 3 | Amiss directed ferocious attention towards his tray , giving a spirited impression of a man who could n't eat and listen at the same time . |
| 4 | Yes , you could think and dance at the same time . |
| 5 | Head of Presentation , Dave Jamieson explains that all three regional bulletins on Central must begin and end at the same time . |
| 6 | He did n't run but hurried in the same direction , and he kept him in view until Joe disappeared into the belt of woodland . |
| 7 | It can not move and shoot in the same turn , except that it can be turned to face its intended target . |
| 8 | A volley gun can not move and shoot in the same turn except to turn to face its target . |
| 9 | A cannon can not move and shoot in the same turn except to turn to face its target . |
| 10 | His accuracy and stinginess with runs made him almost without equal as a one-day bowler , for he could both contain and attack at the same time since the bounce he got from his great height and the control he had over the ball gave him the extra penetration that brought wickets . |
| 11 | ‘ Power and knowledge directly imply each other … there is no power relation without the correlative constitution of a field of knowledge , nor any knowledge that does not presuppose and constitute at the same time power relations ’ ( Foucault , 1977 : 27 ) . |
| 12 | " Well , I can walk and listen at the same time . " |
| 13 | Bad debts are kept low because of the ‘ common bond ’ which members of a union must share , ie they must live or work in the same neighbourhood , or belong to the same organisation , such as a church . |
| 14 | The problem I must admit the problem that surprised me with overheads is that erm people ca n't write and listen at the same time , or the other thing is , you put something on an overhead th every bit of it gets written down which is why I adapted it so that you did . |
| 15 | lines of type that do not start or end at the same position . |
| 16 | Scientists now know how they do it — by using a special part of the voice box , which is why they can purr and miaow at the same time . |
| 17 | It was Irene , for instance , who pointed out something I 'd never been able to put my finger on : that Tod ca n't talk and smile at the same time . |
| 18 | You can forgive or punish at the same time ca n't you , you can punish somebody and say that is wrong and yet you forgive them , that is you do n't hold it against them but you later on . |
| 19 | Can a heart rise and sink at the same time ? |
| 20 | Nothing else would change , though , the north geographic pole would n't move , and if we were to go outside to check up , the sun would still rise and set in the same place , and the Pole Star would appear at night over the local gas works . |