Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [verb] [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stood up , holding her hands to her face , laughing and weeping at the same time , gasping for breath , feeling her heart and only finally throwing her arms up in joy . |
| 2 | Nails was laughing and shivering at the same time , so excited that he felt almost ill with it . |
| 3 | The two women held one another , laughing and crying at the same time , while little Danny pulled at Ruth 's skirt , wanting to know , ‘ Who 's that lady , Mam ? ’ |
| 4 | Suddenly the anguish was gone and she was laughing and crying at the same time . |
| 5 | In very cold weather it might be worth living and sleeping in the same room so that you only need to keep one room well heated . |
| 6 | I was shivering and sweating at the same time . |
| 7 | Someone was squealing and crying at the same time , as if caught in a trap . |
| 8 | Hurriedly showering and pulling on the same pair of jeans she had worn the day she 'd arrived , she jerked a baggy sweater over her head and went downstairs . |
| 9 | It 's sludging and scaling at the same time . |
| 10 | By tactfully praising and criticizing at the same time , he had pupils flocking into the school , eager to train , rightly believing he had special abilities in this sphere . |
| 11 | I fought for breath between heaves , snatching down flecks of vomit and coughing and spewing at the same time . |
| 12 | Not that he was playing any flash lead parts but to keep a strong rhythm part going and sing at the same time is rather like having to twiddle both your thumbs in opposite directions at the same time . |
| 13 | More surprising , and to Paviour more confounding and conciliating at the same time , was the presence of Gus Hambro , busy with a large clip-board , charting on squared paper the patch of ground to be taken up , and sketching a hurried but accurately proportioned elevation of the exposed vault of the flue . |
| 14 | John was burgling and dealing at the same time , so we had a regular supply , like . |
| 15 | He was crying and laughing at the same time . |
| 16 | … Everybody was talking and gesticulating at the same time . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm not a social eater and I hate talking and eating at the same time . |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't want to listen to doctors , ’ he tells Irene , coming as close as he ever does to talking and smiling at the same time . |
| 19 | Somehow her own anger and his frustration together turned into a mutual all-embracing passion , and they clung together , hating and loving at the same time . |