Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And Glenn Close 's stubborn and pain-ridden performance as Sunny makes you sad for her and hate her at the same time .
2 In short , the consumer called the tune and the operators who prospered were those who best identified the needs of the consumers and met them at the right price .
3 Here you are trying to have your cake and eat it at the same time …
4 I rang Prentice as I could n't think how to put it off any longer , and got him at the second number he 'd left .
5 The Labour administration approved the scheme wholeheartedly in 1986 , and used it at a public inquiry to try to oppose the imposition of more A-road architecture on the site approved by the previous Tory administration .
6 I needed to come up with a solution which avoided this overly defined focal point and used it at the same time .
7 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 .
8 ‘ You 're sending it and keeping it at the same time ? ’
9 which is burnt off when the whole thing gets fired in the kiln , so what will have to happen is the , your pots you 've done so far , once they 're thoroughly dried and go into the kiln , they 're fired at a high temperature and then they 'll come out this bit fired you 'll then separate them with oxide pastes , dip them into glaze , which I 'll explain in a minute , and re-fire them at a higher temperature , the glazed would
10 They were watching her intently , with a look that disconcerted her and excited her at the same time .
11 Saw him at a sale being knocked down to a known horsemeat dealer and stepped in and outbid him at the last moment .
12 Harvey was there in a red-coat uniform , smiling and doing his neat little dances and pretending to drop plates and saving them at the last minute , and the girls were saying ‘ Ooo ’ and slyly studying each other 's hairdos and shoes .
13 unless they 're going to let , unless people are going to buy them and let them at a reasonable rent to people
14 We see a dancer at a rave , film him later that week , and project him at the next rave . ’
15 It 's a sort of That 's right push it through the hole and catch it at the other side .
16 All the other times were just a way of reminding myself of the realities and provoking you at the same time .
17 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 .
18 The airlines , facing their fourth successive year in the red , are urging the EC to drop plans to lower maximum noise levels and nitrogen oxide emissions , arguing that they could increase operating costs , reduce the resale value of operators ' fleets and put them at a competitive disadvantage to international rivals .
19 The Peacock Committee was convinced that it was no longer possible to recommend ‘ no change ’ to either the licence fee system or the funding structure of broadcasting as a whole ; the differences between the two sources of revenue would create recurring crises for the BBC and put it at a competitive disadvantage compared to the ITV structure .
20 Frozen food storage cabinets are designed to accept pre-frozen food and hold it at the proper storage temperature — 18°C to -22°C .
21 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 .
22 With a wide smile , one of the waitresses came to collect her , and seat her at a small table in the window .
23 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 .
24 In 1809 William Bullock moved to London and in 1812 George sold up and joined him at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly .
25 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 .
26 Georgina picked up a letter from her desk , screwed it up and threw it at the waste-paper basket .
27 Now this er of course was railway waggons and er when you started work you was put with a skilled man and i er it was his job to repair the waggons and teach you at the same time .
28 But presumably he must have taken a shine , as the expression went , to Celia , particularly as he had gone to such trouble to seek her out and visit her at the Meadhaven Clinic .
29 Dorothy would leave and abandon her at the very idea .
30 Billy rowed across and followed her at a discreet distance .
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