Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [verb] to the same " in BNC.

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1 The Art Newspaper 's sources in Russia have , however , confirmed that Ivan 's treasure has been found to the same extent as the Loch Ness monster .
2 And was it any wonder she 'd fled , if she 'd been subjected to the same bullying and threats by an earlier generation of de Rocheforts ?
3 Of course , it is more complex than that because allowance has to be made for convergent evolution , which is the acquisition of common characteristics by virtue of having been subjected to the same selection pressures , rather than because of sharing a common ancestor .
4 There were other people there , he had been demoted to the same rank as her many friends .
5 It may well be that he took the place of Thomas Hitchcock who had been apprenticed to the same master nine years previously .
6 Once you 've been going to the same shops a lot , y'know , just standing around and not buying anything , they get to know you .
7 ‘ Well , ’ he said disarmingly , ‘ I may be the devil , but I do n't drink and I 've been married to the same woman for 40 years , so I ca n't be that bad . ’
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