Example sentences of "and [adj] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam thought of himself and Rufus as being wild and laid-back at the same time , equally like that , young adventurers with all the world before them and all the time they wanted to do what they liked with . |
| 2 | The composition of the new cabinet announced in February 1957 constituted Franco 's attempt to resolve the dilemma he faced by being both immobile and innovative at the same time ! |
| 3 | So this last time she wanted to be in her office , correct and professional at the right time . |
| 4 | It was both wet and dry at the same time . |
| 5 | She felt cold and clammy at the same time . |
| 6 | Schrödinger 's original reason for putting forward this thought experiment was to demonstrate the folly , as he then believed , of the quantum theory : clearly it was ridiculous to think of a cat being neither dead nor alive — or , as an obvious corollary , both dead and alive at the same time . |
| 7 | So long as you ke keep me on the straight and narrow at the same time really . |
| 8 | The voice was high-pitched , hollow and nasal at the same time . |
| 9 | Oh , bit hard carrying the dinner and this at the same time . |
| 10 | If the organ music swells this Christmas as we run down the lanes of childhood in search of sentiment or the values of yesterday , and if the early darkness on Christmas evening finds us replete and empty at the same time , maybe its because we have left the Josephs of this world alone in their silent day and all too silent night . |
| 11 | All these kids and lights and noise , and it 's sort of scary and exciting at the same time . |
| 12 | A sluice gate was installed up the hill where the water that would create our power was diverted from the Meloch into the millpond , and another at the other end of the pond above the terraces at the back of Melin Cottage . |
| 13 | It 's like being lectured to and bored at the same time . |
| 14 | I am angry and disgusted at the feeble-minded lot at Northants and the petty-minded lot at Lord 's . |
| 15 | Some of the thirty thousand workers employed at the Midlands plants , incensed by the idleness forced on them by the Merseysiders and alarmed at the bleak prospect ahead , stormed through the streets to Clem Bunker 's regional office demanding action to get the Merseyside plants back to work . |
| 16 | The baby was sleeping , its lids tightly closed and its little face red and perfect at the same time . |
| 17 | I was happy and sad at the same time . |
| 18 | She was a loving mother , tall and thin and delighted at the social success of ‘ Captain ’ Masters , the polite way the bank manager doffed his hat to her , and that she was not the only mother who was sending her son to Oxford . |
| 19 | Hillsborough fans must have been surprised and delighted at the no-nonsense way their manager told Manchester United to get lost as they attempted to sign David Hirst . |
| 20 | They had loved one another with all the wonderful signs of love : tender and violent at the same time , obstinate and shy , fearful and joyful , jealous and watchful . |
| 21 | He pulled away from her and looked into her face , his expression soft and serious at the same time . |
| 22 | How could the room feel stuffy and cold at the same time ? |
| 23 | Petion looked both nervous and comfortable at the same time . |
| 24 | I heard Alec saying , in a voice that tried to be light and urgent at the same time , ‘ We 're ready , sir , ’ and I heard the reply : ‘ Well I 'm not . |
| 25 | The thought was pleasing and oppressive at the same time . |
| 26 | And all at the same time . |
| 27 | Dalgliesh raised it with careful fingers touching only the extreme edge of the cloth and saw underneath a smudge of blood on the carpet about two centimetres long and thicker at the right end than at the left . |
| 28 | All chemical and biochemical reactions depend on electrical charges and biologically active molecules carry charges which may be positive at one end of the molecule and negative at the other end . |
| 29 | Selznick concluded that delegation achieves a necessary purpose , as specialisation increases , but that it carries problems with it , ie. it is both functional and dysfunctional at the same time . |
| 30 | He swaggered across and loomed over her , aggressive and protective at the same time . |