Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] the same time " in BNC.

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61 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 .
62 The difference now , however , is that such arguments are multiplied many times over , both by the much more extensive use of technology and the great number of technological developments which appear so quickly and exist at the same time .
63 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 .
64 She laughed and cried at the same time , and could not let Oliver go .
65 She wept and spoke at the same time — uttering fragments of sentences , half completed threats , pieces of swear words , repeating the name Richard over and over with the intonation of a child calling for its mother .
66 The secondary plate , enabling the creatures to chew and breathe at the same time , is also a mammalian characteristic .
67 but it also enables to you to eat and breathe at the same time .
68 The densely hooded vegetation is soothing and disorientating at the same time .
69 It 's sludging and scaling at the same time .
70 … Everybody was talking and gesticulating at the same time . ’
71 I am not able to eat and talk at the same time , so I apologized to my neighbours for this .
72 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
73 He managed to look both surprised and baffled at the same time .
74 Also such equipment as wigs , visors , jewels , masks , patches , lace , and gauze tended to conceal defects in appearance and tantalize at the same time .
75 Therapy was aimed at helping the parents establish a more balanced and satisfactory relationship , learning to negotiate rather than lapse into their habitual pattern of attack and withdraw at the same time as providing a reward programme for Luke just to sit on the lavatory .
76 I have reached a stage where I can watch television , as long as the programme does n't require too much attention , and knit at the same time . ’
77 There are other models that transfer stitches and knit at the same time but the K858 has a separate lace carriage to transfer stitches and the punchcards are treated accordingly .
78 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 .
79 Yeah , so off we go then , be a clown and sing at the same time .
80 I saw women dealing with having kids and working at the same time and the kids were happy because of the closeness with their mother .
81 " Well , I can walk and listen at the same time . "
82 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 .
83 The problem I must admit the problem that surprised me with overheads is that erm people ca n't write and listen at the same time , or the other thing is , you put something on an overhead th every bit of it gets written down which is why I adapted it so that you did .
84 ‘ 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 .
85 Oh dear God , why did she want to laugh and cry at the same time ?
86 Add the oil very carefully , drop by drop , beating in between each drop to avoid curdling until about a quarter has been added , then mix in the rest , pouring it in slowly and beating at the same time .
87 Repeating numbers would quickly get the artistes in trim and once the show was on they would start rehearsing for the main summer production and perform at the same time .
88 This one concerns adolescent disillusionment , and comes at the same time as Limestone and Clay ( Secker , £8.99 , 31st ) .
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