Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] at [art] same " in BNC.

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1 lines of type that do not start or end at the same position .
2 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 .
3 ‘ It 's impossible to cry and inhale at the same time .
4 ‘ 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 . ’
5 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 .
6 ( b ) Both matrix and fibril may deform elastically and yield at the same strain .
7 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 . ’
8 Yes , you could think and dance at the same time .
9 Try to push and lift at the same time — go on , try to get the back wheels off the ground as you go along !
10 ‘ 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 ) .
11 And that 's telling 'em — Jess thought , wanting to cheer and boo at the same time .
12 Can a heart rise and sink at the same time ?
13 And those eyes that seemed to dance and scowl at the same time from beneath their fringe of long dark lashes gave him a restless , unpredictable air .
14 The recent blurring of distinctions between gay and straight clubs is a welcome development : ‘ I 'd really like to educate and entertain at the same time .
15 What a heavenly dilemma : I wanted to stay and go at the same time .
16 Head of Presentation , Dave Jamieson explains that all three regional bulletins on Central must begin and end at the same time .
17 After Belfast , he knew what women could do and smile at the same time .
18 The eyes that were violet like his mother 's were strangely secretive , seeming to frown and smile at the same time .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 The secondary plate , enabling the creatures to chew and breathe at the same time , is also a mammalian characteristic .
22 but it also enables to you to eat and breathe at the same time .
23 I am not able to eat and talk at the same time , so I apologized to my neighbours for this .
24 Then , very important for people like me , we developed a secondary palette , who 's function is to allow you to eat and talk at the same time
25 " Well , I can walk and listen at the same time . "
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 Oh dear God , why did she want to laugh and cry at the same time ?
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