Example sentences of "and [verb] at the same time " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 I 'm not a social eater and I hate talking and eating at the same time .
3 It 's a thing I love and hate at the same time .
4 ‘ Well , he 's very rich , of course , and mean at the same time .
5 ‘ It 's impossible to cry and inhale at the same time .
6 We are both exalted and fallen at the same time : sinful and yet given unique status in the universe of things .
7 These writings appealed essentially to a generation of students bored with academic life and attracted by the street credibility of the Situationists , and often provided students with the dubious pleasure of being flattered and insulted at the same time .
8 ‘ But the most difficult thing about this band for me is actually playing parts live and singing at the same time !
9 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 .
10 ‘ 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 . ’
11 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 .
12 I wanted to throw up , pass out , scream and cry at the same time .
13 But when I substituted ‘ anorexia nervosa ’ for ‘ mental illness ’ I could see the truth in what Szasz was saying , and realise at the same time that his judgement was not so harsh .
14 My previous relationships have all been with women I 've been able to like and respect at the same time as I 've desired them . ’
15 He was crying and laughing at the same time .
16 I 'm trying to flap my arms like a duck and quack at the same time .
17 Nails was laughing and shivering at the same time , so excited that he felt almost ill with it .
18 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 .
19 Yes , you could think and dance at the same time .
20 They are lower cut , not exactly ‘ high ’ tops , but offer thick padding at the ankle and support at the same time .
21 Finally , Lindsey and other tax experts have consistently argued that as tax rates are cut , economic efficiency is raised by reducing tax breaks and shelters at the same time .
22 I enjoyed and suffered at the same time . ’
23 Try to push and lift at the same time — go on , try to get the back wheels off the ground as you go along !
24 ‘ 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 ) .
25 And that 's telling 'em — Jess thought , wanting to cheer and boo at the same time .
26 He thought of her , and thought at the same time of Oxford ; and remembered , with sudden guilt , the letter from his mother , which he had not yet read .
27 I was shivering and sweating at the same time .
28 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 .
29 Can a heart rise and sink at the same time ?
30 I was comforted and stimulated at the same time .
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