Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She stood up , holding her hands to her face , laughing and weeping at the same time , gasping for breath , feeling her heart and only finally throwing her arms up in joy . |
2 | Nails was laughing and shivering at the same time , so excited that he felt almost ill with it . |
3 | The two women held one another , laughing and crying at the same time , while little Danny pulled at Ruth 's skirt , wanting to know , ‘ Who 's that lady , Mam ? ’ |
4 | Suddenly the anguish was gone and she was laughing and crying at the same time . |
5 | I was shivering and sweating at the same time . |
6 | Someone was squealing and crying at the same time , as if caught in a trap . |
7 | There is an elaborate system of inspecting and reporting at the local level , and monitoring at the national level by the Council for the Care of Churches , and at diocesan level by Diocesan Advisory Committees . |
8 | It 's sludging and scaling at the same time . |
9 | By tactfully praising and criticizing at the same time , he had pupils flocking into the school , eager to train , rightly believing he had special abilities in this sphere . |
10 | In the early Liverpool days of Big Flame the comrades had been obsessed with the potential of Ford workers as leaders of the British revolution , and had put great effort into organizing and recruiting at the local Halewood plant . |
11 | I fought for breath between heaves , snatching down flecks of vomit and coughing and spewing at the same time . |
12 | Not that he was playing any flash lead parts but to keep a strong rhythm part going and sing at the same time is rather like having to twiddle both your thumbs in opposite directions at the same time . |
13 | More surprising , and to Paviour more confounding and conciliating at the same time , was the presence of Gus Hambro , busy with a large clip-board , charting on squared paper the patch of ground to be taken up , and sketching a hurried but accurately proportioned elevation of the exposed vault of the flue . |
14 | His rescuer was smiling , pulling and pointing at the tartan plaid that had protected the young Highlander in his wanderings across eastern Europe . |
15 | John was burgling and dealing at the same time , so we had a regular supply , like . |
16 | The former eco-terrorists , feared for their readiness to ambush government whenever it marched into the green province , had suddenly become people worth informing and consulting at the highest level . |
17 | Harper was standing in his stirrups , pointing and cheering at the smaller wood to the right . |
18 | He was crying and laughing at the same time . |
19 | Outside the gallery a group of curious bystanders gathered , staring and leering at the nude painting . |
20 | She needed to be caressed and he caressed her , massaging and pinching at the puckered rose-pink nipples , until the heat burst into searing flame and wildfire licked over her body . |
21 | … Everybody was talking and gesticulating at the same time . ’ |
22 | I 'm not a social eater and I hate talking and eating at the same time . |
23 | ‘ You do n't want to listen to doctors , ’ he tells Irene , coming as close as he ever does to talking and smiling at the same time . |
24 | Modernity began in earnest with this industrialism — like the starting up of a great steam-driven machine , straining and clanking at the mechanical bit and snorting with impatience to be off . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | And that wind nuzzling and whistling at the double-glazed window . |
27 | Cardiff saw its wildly thrashing and monstrous arms , beating and tearing at the dented grey metal of the cabinet . |
28 | Killion raced down at almost three times the German 's speed , and saw his shots plucking and smashing at the lumbering fuselage . |