Example sentences of "[v-ing] at the same time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Israel and I were both on our knees , side by side , with tears streaming down our faces , yet laughing at the same time . |
| 2 | He was crying and laughing at the same time . |
| 3 | This is occurring at the same time as the Commission is using the single market as an excuse to augment its power for political means . |
| 4 | Frequently it is found that an accident is the result of a combination of adverse circumstances , each of which is normally containable but when occurring at the same time can lead to disaster . |
| 5 | In saying that an event c caused an event e , or that e was the effect of c , we typically have in mind but do not say that a set of things including c , but not necessarily all occurring at the same time , was required for e . |
| 6 | Did you see that one advertising triple glazing at the same time as his double would you believe ? |
| 7 | Classes help the actor to gain confidence in dealing with many things happening at the same time , and this is an important part of student work . |
| 8 | Edward Blishen , the presenter , has an enviable gift for sketching in background and perspective , drawing up different strands of what was happening at the same time to make his argument , all with ease . |
| 9 | You can not deduce from the fact that it was happening at the same time that it was a cause . |
| 10 | Yeah well this is , th this is it I mean th th there are often a lot of things happening at the same time er er some of which as you just sort of hinted at are sort of er erm of a psychological er er have a psychological factor in them which all add to it do n't they ? |
| 11 | I originally had this idea through the workers union in Manchester , and I was wondering if there were any comparative studies that were happening at the same time , and that would be really interesting to see how Oxford compares to other areas . |
| 12 | The black eyes were pouring through her , amused and oddly smouldering at the same time . |
| 13 | How often do you meet and how many people there , you 're showing interest but you 're also qualifying at the same time and it 's not padding , it 's actually useful information because you 're thinking well that 's worth pursuing the R N I , yes but there 's money there . |
| 14 | The flames did help to disperse the fog and also to make the runway more visible , but of course one air field could n't hope to cope with all the 8 Group heavies returning at the same time , and things were pretty chaotic for a few hours . |
| 15 | Belinda listened on tenterhooks to one side of the discussion as Tom somehow managed to present his case forcefully while driving at the same time . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He had a calculator to help , but tried to keep his temper , his blood this side of boiling point and a little , at least , of social grace by listening at the same time to a Schubert piano sonata on a portable radio alongside . |
| 18 | Nails was laughing and shivering at the same time , so excited that he felt almost ill with it . |
| 19 | I struggled to keep my love pure , remembering at the same time something Madeleine had told me and that Rena was to repeat : ‘ What you need , Jimi , is the love of a bad woman . ’ |
| 20 | And again that 's looking at the same time in nineteen seventy se seventy seven , seventy eight time , it 's looking back into that er er driveway , and if you can remember the sort of the Victorian or Edwardian er photograph that er I showed you before , of er virtually that er that view . |
| 21 | In this way , all her eggs begin developing at the same time . |
| 22 | This is her first season with Senior League side Portadown and she has already established a regular place on the firsts , developing at the same time into one of the most promising players in the country . |
| 23 | On June 6 he told delegates at a seminar on promoting private investment that multipartyism would be established " in the near future " , warning at the same time that current conditions , notably the illiteracy rate of over 70 per cent , were " not adequate to meet the challenge of multipartyism " . |
| 24 | Alcohol and other drugs have direct sedative and stimulant effects on the brain , both acting at the same time but over different periods of time . |
| 25 | mass forms of musical practice which are based on the musical activity of many people interacting at the same time and in the same way — forms which structure bodily movements and processes , and which enable bodily experience to become an aesthetically mediated pleasure ( ibid : 228 ) . |
| 26 | Although Attlee and Greenwood were ready to accept the invitation , they did not do so at once but made sure that both the National Executive and the annual Conference , which were conveniently meeting at the same time , it being the Whit weekend , were fully consulted and in agreement with their acceptance of office . |
| 27 | Last time er it was er free distribution , so they needed someone to , workers for that and Sikh temple offered their services and er , I think they did the job very well because mostly we get a lot of volunteers round and er , many times I went their there was quite a big queue , er five or six people were serving at the same time . |
| 28 | Writing at the same time as Russell appealed to President Wilson , MacDonald insisted that it was disarmament , democracy and international socialism that provided the key to stable peace : ‘ Then we shall want no League of Nations to Enforce Peace , with its dangers and surrenders to militarism . ’ |
| 29 | But on 5 January , ‘ after much & very painful hesitation ’ , he sent the money back , expressing at the same time ‘ no ordinary feelings of esteem and affection ’ for his benefactors . |
| 30 | However , if all members of a group went swimming at the same time and left valuables unattended , that would be an unnecessary risk where no real precautions had been taken and would be a breach of the duty of care . |