Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the same [noun pl] for " in BNC.

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1 Newley and I have been bidding for the same things for years . ’
2 After he had slept in the same sheets for six months Nails had taken them to the launderette , and now he had discovered a few things like that , which helped , which was more than his dad ever had .
3 The corresponding component oscillations of the wave would be , as the physicists say , " in phase " , that is the crests and troughs would occur at the same instants for both components .
4 These are divided into Junior and Senior sections for Individual or Team precision flying plus the same divisions for Ballet to musical accompaniment .
5 DESPITE a disappointing tour of Pakistan , where they went down 1–4 in the one-day series , Sri Lanka have stuck by the same players for this competition .
6 Some months after the murder of Henry of Almain at Viterbo on 13 March 1271 , his father was appointed to the same offices for a term of three years .
7 It is possible to have a pattern that tucks on the same needles for 12 rows , providing the needles are not adjacent to each other and providing the yarn used is fairly thin .
8 A shopkeeper who refused to sell constables cigarettes at a discount and complained of the illegal sale of similar goods to the public from their own trading organization , the Police Guild , could find himself summonsed by the same officers for employing children under age ( which in turn gave rise to the banning of the Police Guild by the Watch Committee ) .
9 Why are England expected to settle for it and be happy with a ‘ well done ’ and a pat on the back then the next day be criticised by the same pressmen for not catching the ball at vital moments !
10 The scores obtained by a group of children for the odd items can then be compared with the scores obtained by the same children for the even-numbered items .
11 Computer Associates is believed to be working along the same lines for the HP platform .
12 The most suitable are those which tuck on the same needles for two or four rows .
13 Several of the hotels and guest houses in the area have been owned and managed by the same families for generations , and a tradition of personal service has grown up .
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