Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb infin] at the [adj] " 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 implicit assumption is that investors can borrow and lend at the riskless rate of interest . |
| 3 | Hawley decided on an immediate attack by his dragoons on the enemy right wing before his own weary infantry had got into line , convinced that the Highlanders would break and run at the mere sight of the royal cavalry charging sword in hand . |
| 4 | The secondary plate , enabling the creatures to chew and breathe at the same time , is also a mammalian characteristic . |
| 5 | Coun Taylor said : ‘ We are always ready to talk and look at the statistical evidence for increased safety measures . |
| 6 | After Belfast , he knew what women could do and smile at the same time . |
| 7 | Shortly after the end of the strike , Dobre left the valley to go and study at the Communist Party 's university in Bucharest , the Academy Stefan Gheorghe . |
| 8 | For most of those who link computing and boredom , the explanation is that they have to spend many working hours a day behind luminous screens endlessly tapping a plastic typewriter keyboard , after which they are usually fit only to go and goggle at the luminous screen in their living rooms every night . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Yes , you could think and dance at the same time . |
| 11 | With the opening of the Great Hall on 15th April 1992 , you and your family will find there is so much more to see and discover at the National Railway Museum . |
| 12 | There are many lessons we can learn from other animals , to our great and continuing advantage , and it is high time we took a little while to sit and stare at the other creatures with which we share the earth . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | The mob , now several hundred strong , and going at it hammer and tongs , took time out to boo and jeer at the military presence . |
| 15 | Head of Presentation , Dave Jamieson explains that all three regional bulletins on Central must begin and end at the same time . |
| 16 | Marcellus ' defence was that he had taught the ignorant to respect and wonder at the beautiful and marvellous works of Greece ( Marc . 21 ) . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | And that 's telling 'em — Jess thought , wanting to cheer and boo at the same time . |
| 19 | He was a good baby , did n't startle and wake at the least noise , like some did , but there was a pleasure in being gentle and slow about things . |
| 20 | If your Mob is armed with bows , crossbows , or other missile weapons , then this turn it will halt and shoot at the nearest other Orc or Goblin Mob . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 ) . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's impossible to cry and inhale at the same time . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | and you could go and look at the local one and talk to the people there and see what they 're doing and |
| 25 | " Well , I can walk and listen at the same time . " |
| 26 | widen participation in higher education and to teach and research at the highest level ; in so doing to continue to innovate within Scottish and British Higher Education ; |
| 27 | We have a mission to widen access to higher education and to teach and research at the highest possible level . |
| 28 | Here a second fleet of transports would be waiting with another 20,000 men , who would assemble and embark at the last moment to secure the maximum surprise . |
| 29 | Oh dear God , why did she want to laugh and cry at the same time ? |
| 30 | What a heavenly dilemma : I wanted to stay and go at the same time . |