Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] at the [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 're sending it and keeping it at the same time ? ’
2 If I forgive you for being male and cruel and unreasonable , you must forgive me for being female and for carrying another man 's child and wanting you at the same time .
3 All the other times were just a way of reminding myself of the realities and provoking you at the same time .
4 I love you … ’ she heard herself whispering , one detached part of her intellect aghast at the vulnerable openness of her confession , surprising her at the same time with the shocking truth .
5 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 .
6 I would n't get the opportunity to find out who else was calling me at the same time .
7 The gulls can see the help and benefit they receive from Iago 's service , but can not see , or conceive , that Iago could be benefiting himself at the same time ; and no one could possibly see that Iago is in fact benefiting himself by destroying them .
8 Next Computer Inc is going try to stage a NeXTWorld Expo without leaning on Uniforum by holding it at the same time like it did last year .
9 Perhaps this surrender to the invading power of God 's Spirit , this willingness for him to take us and break us and use us , IS one of the prime lessons which the charismatic movement throughout the churches is teaching us at the present time .
10 But someone was saying something at the same time as Lord Boddy , making him falter and finally stop in midstride .
11 Mr eleven year old son offered to help so one of the put a gun to him and forced him to lead them to him threatening him at the same time .
12 So while helping my old friend , I would be losing him at the same time .
13 Tonight she was to chair the meeting , so she left the front door unlocked for any late-comers , and , having seated the nervous little reporter from the Advent in a position where she could see and hear all the ladies present , giving her at the same time a hastily written list of the names of those expected to attend , she called the meeting to order .
14 Sensibly , but with some sensitivity , her boss made the same points to Muriel as he had made in his reference , asking her at the same time if these conflicts had ever arisen out of the office with family friends or neighbours .
15 Using a small amount of bleach to clean lavatories probably wo n't do any harm , but avoid using it at the same time as other materials ; dangerous chlorine could be released .
16 It 's great to see those guys out here , giving pleasure and enjoying themselves at the same time .
17 But I do n't think I am , because you 're human too , with all the contradictions that implies — hating me at the same time as you want me , for instance . ’
18 Once more the blue eyes moved over her body with appreciation , confusing yet exciting her at the same time .
19 And besides , there were two things bothering him at the same time and he had assumed that the second problem nagging at him had been Cipolla .
20 ‘ I 'm pleading with you and mocking myself at the same time : how can you bear to resist ? ’
21 The girl in the conservatory reached out a hand and flicked the switch , lighting them the last few yards , and floodlighting herself at the same time .
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