Example sentences of "the same time [adv] [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little by little he freed himself from the control of the political groups , at the same time successfully exposing their divisions and their increasing isolation . |
| 2 | By evading him earlier that morning she 'd played into his hands , at the same time both increasing his suspicions and giving him the best part of the day to allay them . |
| 3 | Needless to say Lord Elphinstone did not hesitate to respond to the challenge and rallied his friends , while at the same time pointedly expressing his hope , when writing to the duke , that ‘ neither my friend or I have done any thing to deserve your Grace 's withdrawing your friendship , interest & protection ’ . |
| 4 | We arrange things so that we can get on well enough without divine aid , while at the same time ostensibly seeking it . |
| 5 | My attitude to my mother was similar : I would feign amazement at her ignorance of the intricacies of the Punic Wars , while at the same time snobbishly correcting her pronunciation or her misapprehensions of social niceties . |
| 6 | They begged him to desist , in order to give them some words of edification , and for two consecutive hours he proceeded to give them excellent exhortations , while at the same time never ceasing his writing — and all the while what he was writing was not the same as what he was speaking . |
| 7 | Paul 's position , in short , provides Simon Peter with a viable explanation for why the world has not yet ended , why it may not for another thousand or two thousand years , while at the same time still justifying one 's allegiance . |