Example sentences of "and [vb infin] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implicit assumption is that investors can borrow and lend at the riskless rate of interest . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's impossible to cry and inhale at the same time . |
| 3 | widen participation in higher education and to teach and research at the highest level ; in so doing to continue to innovate within Scottish and British Higher Education ; |
| 4 | For most of those who link computing and boredom , the explanation is that they have to spend many working hours a day behind luminous screens endlessly tapping a plastic typewriter keyboard , after which they are usually fit only to go and goggle at the luminous screen in their living rooms every night . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The mob , now several hundred strong , and going at it hammer and tongs , took time out to boo and jeer at the military presence . |
| 8 | ( b ) Both matrix and fibril may deform elastically and yield at the same strain . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Piano music rippled out into the night as the richly costumed guests began to chatter and exclaim at the torch-lit façade and its huge swags of greenery laced with balloons and ribbons . |
| 11 | Shortly after the end of the strike , Dobre left the valley to go and study at the Communist Party 's university in Bucharest , the Academy Stefan Gheorghe . |
| 12 | Yes , you could think and dance at the same time . |
| 13 | Try to push and lift at the same time — go on , try to get the back wheels off the ground as you go along ! |
| 14 | Coun Taylor said : ‘ We are always ready to talk and look at the statistical evidence for increased safety measures . |
| 15 | In the daytime you can come back and look at the Old State House we 're coming up to and see the cobblestones which mark the place where blood was shed in the great Boston Massacre . |
| 16 | Hawley decided on an immediate attack by his dragoons on the enemy right wing before his own weary infantry had got into line , convinced that the Highlanders would break and run at the mere sight of the royal cavalry charging sword in hand . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 ) . |
| 18 | And that 's telling 'em — Jess thought , wanting to cheer and boo at the same time . |
| 19 | With the opening of the Great Hall on 15th April 1992 , you and your family will find there is so much more to see and discover at the National Railway Museum . |
| 20 | Can a heart rise and sink at the same time ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | What a heavenly dilemma : I wanted to stay and go at the same time . |
| 24 | Head of Presentation , Dave Jamieson explains that all three regional bulletins on Central must begin and end at the same time . |
| 25 | Here a second fleet of transports would be waiting with another 20,000 men , who would assemble and embark at the last moment to secure the maximum surprise . |
| 26 | After Belfast , he knew what women could do and smile at the same time . |
| 27 | The eyes that were violet like his mother 's were strangely secretive , seeming to frown and smile at the same time . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The secondary plate , enabling the creatures to chew and breathe at the same time , is also a mammalian characteristic . |