Example sentences of "and [verb] at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | I 'm not a social eater and I hate talking and eating at the same time . |
3 | Here , at close quarters , the fitful , elusive silver congealed into the turgid brown flood she had seen upriver , a silent surge of water looking almost solid in its power , sweeping along leaves and branches and roots and swathes of weed in its eddies , gnawing away loose red layers of the soil along this near bank , and eating at the muddy rim of the path . |
4 | Write your plans below and evaluate at the next C.P.S. |
5 | I stood up and gazed at a small pile of my toys which had been thrown to one side of my cupboard . |
6 | She sat there , her feet on tiptoe , just reaching the black and white floor , and gazed at the glazed bumps of the linen towel hanging from a hook on the back of the door , the little wash-basin shaped like a scallop shell , the black and white edging of the tiles above . |
7 | He walked into the lobby without a word , entered the kitchen and gazed at the four prisoners . |
8 | When I made no response he turned and gazed at the far line of coral reef that was marked by a fret of white breaking water . |
9 | Victoria , oddly quenched , sat at Aunt Margaret 's feet and gazed at the shifting patterns in the fire , singing to herself a wordless , keening song . |
10 | Helen leaned over my shoulder and gazed at the long lines of boy scouts , girl guides , ex-servicemen , with half the population of the town packed on the pavements , watching . |
11 | She went up to the bedroom and gazed at the old four-poster , hardly noticing the faded splendour of its blue and gold canopy as she scrutinised the decorated wooden frieze that ran along the top . |
12 | It 's a thing I love and hate at the same time . |
13 | Even with his skills and influence at the Prime Minister 's disposal , however , by the end of January Miyazawa 's future tenure as Prime Minister appeared to be distinctly uncertain . |
14 | She was admitted , now , to the feasting-hall of the King , and placed at the long women 's table presided over by Marietta of Patras , the King 's serene and excellent mother . |
15 | The first is where the whole of the programme is provided by and taught at a major centre , as in the case of Bristol Polytechnic ; the second is where the first year is provided extra-murally at a number of associated centres , while the second year only is provided at the main centre , as the case of Portsmouth Polytechnic ; and the third is where both the first and second years are provided at the main and associate centres as at Plymouth Polytechnic and Cornwall Technical College , Camborne . |
16 | It should be based on or at least draw from coherent bodies of knowledge which go beyond mere skill and are capable of being explicated and taught at a high level . |
17 | He 'd worked and taught at the Magic Theater in San Francisco ; had therapy at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur with Fritz Perls ; worked in New York with Chaikin and La Mama . |
18 | Christina followed and stopped at the front door . |
19 | He was really a very likeable lad , though a bit mysterious and withdrawn at the deepest level . |
20 | Accordingly , the investor may seek to include a provision whereby if the investor wishes to sell a specified percentage of the equity , then the other shareholders must follow suit and sell at the same price per share . |
21 | ‘ Well , he 's very rich , of course , and mean at the same time . |
22 | The implicit assumption is that investors can borrow and lend at the riskless rate of interest . |
23 | Duties are changing and accumulating at a faster rate than they can be successfully discharged . |
24 | We called out from where we hid in different rooms and listened to our voices echo , we strummed on the few keys left on a rotting piano , and plucked at a broken lute … . |
25 | One fan sang along and plucked at an imaginary guitar , but he turned out to be the roadie . |
26 | While pulling down the ropes between the stalactites , crane your neck upwards and peer at the bolted lines of Jacky Godoffe 's grade eights , such as Autoportrait ( 8b+ ) . |
27 | Harper was standing in his stirrups , pointing and cheering at the smaller wood to the right . |
28 | ‘ It 's impossible to cry and inhale at the same time . |
29 | Experience with 761 had shown that loading and unloading at the same door was too slow on the Promenade . |
30 | We are both exalted and fallen at the same time : sinful and yet given unique status in the universe of things . |