Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [vb infin] [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | The secondary plate , enabling the creatures to chew and breathe at the same time , is also a mammalian characteristic . |
| 3 | After Belfast , he knew what women could do and smile at the same time . |
| 4 | ‘ Because everybody goes and jumps in the river is no reason why we have to go and jump in the same river . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Yes , you could think and dance at the same time . |
| 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 | Head of Presentation , Dave Jamieson explains that all three regional bulletins on Central must begin and end at the same time . |
| 9 | It can not move and shoot in the same turn , except that it can be turned to face its intended target . |
| 10 | A volley gun can not move and shoot in the same turn except to turn to face its target . |
| 11 | A cannon can not move and shoot in the same turn except to turn to face its target . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | And that 's telling 'em — Jess thought , wanting to cheer and boo at the same time . |
| 14 | Although few of us would expect an Eskimo to react or think in the same way as we do , we are nevertheless continually guilty of the same foolish assumption in regard to nationalities closer to home . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's impossible to cry and inhale at the same time . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | try to arrange to live and sleep in the same room |
| 19 | " Well , I can walk and listen at the same time . " |
| 20 | Possible definitions of co-ordinate are , to place or classify in the same order or rank ; to combine or integrate harmoniously . |
| 21 | Bad debts are kept low because of the ‘ common bond ’ which members of a union must share , ie they must live or work in the same neighbourhood , or belong to the same organisation , such as a church . |
| 22 | Oh dear God , why did she want to laugh and cry at the same time ? |
| 23 | What a heavenly dilemma : I wanted to stay and go at the same time . |
| 24 | I am not able to eat and talk at the same time , so I apologized to my neighbours for this . |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | but it also enables to you to eat and breathe 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 | lines of type that do not start or end at the same position . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |