Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [v-ing] at the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if I saw the mountain , outlined by the rising sun at dawn , I could say to myself that though it was Saturday morning here what I was witnessing at the same moment was dawn on Friday , the day before . |
| 2 | Opened by another Mr Perkins who was staying at the same hotel , the package was passed to police who were ready and waiting for the actor when he arrived at the hotel in Cardiff . |
| 3 | In 1946 in Milan , Werner met a young woman who was looking at the same things as he was . |
| 4 | We did n't sit down thinking deeply about what we had been doing or anything like that , largely because we were teaching at the same time . |
| 5 | Put that down and we thought right draw the circle , space it out equally , six equal angles is what we were doing at the same time as six equal arcs , all at sixty degrees , or all at one sixth of three sixty . |
| 6 | Both beams were yellow , and they were arriving at the same rate . |
| 7 | As they came close we watched as they demonstrated the subtle science of reading the often obscure words of the hymn and seeing where they were going at the same time . |
| 8 | You can not deduce from the fact that it was happening at the same time that it was a cause . |
| 9 | What would the public sector borrowing requirement be today if it was running at the same proportion of GDP as in 1975-76 ? |
| 10 | 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 . |