Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] [prep] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In 1940 he had been quite prepared , if need be , to serve in a dangerous capacity in the ranks because he felt he could be more useful in such a rôle at that critical moment in the country 's affairs , rather than go through the extra time and training there and then for a commission . |
| 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Yes , you could think and dance at the same time . |
| 8 | Try to push and lift at the same time — go on , try to get the back wheels off the ground as you go along ! |
| 9 | ‘ 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 ) . |
| 10 | And that 's telling 'em — Jess thought , wanting to cheer and boo at the same time . |
| 11 | Can a heart rise and sink at the same time ? |
| 12 | There were heavy penalties for anyone who continued to buy and sell outside the prescribed times . |
| 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 | The main features of tabes are an inability to balance when the eyes are shut , numbness , and ‘ tingling ’ sensations , ‘ lightning pains ’ , which are sharp , shooting pains , usually in the lower limbs , which may come and go in a short time or last for several days without remission . |
| 17 | Head of Presentation , Dave Jamieson explains that all three regional bulletins on Central must begin and end at the same time . |
| 18 | Having chosen your leather corals carefully , and provided them with a good aquarium environment , they should grow steadily and live for a long time ( ten years has been reported ) , and possibly even reproduce . |
| 19 | After Belfast , he knew what women could do and smile at the same time . |
| 20 | The eyes that were violet like his mother 's were strangely secretive , seeming to frown and smile at the same time . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Carolina , a sixteen-year-old whose mother is learning to read and write for the first time , is a voluntary helper with the grandmothers ' group . |
| 24 | The secondary plate , enabling the creatures to chew and breathe at the same time , is also a mammalian characteristic . |
| 25 | but it also enables to you to eat and breathe at the same time . |
| 26 | Many are a temporary condition but there are certain types which are difficult to treat and last for a long time . |
| 27 | I am not able to eat and talk at the same time , so I apologized to my neighbours for this . |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | Failure to do this will obviously leave the child unprepared to understand and deal with the first time he or she is called ‘ nigger ’ , or some other racial slur . |
| 30 | " Well , I can walk and listen at the same time . " |