Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] the same thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I went through the same thing . |
| 2 | In the early 1970s , in the heyday of abstract philosophy of education , it was commonplace to draw a distinction between education ‘ in the true sense ’ and pseudo-education ; or , which came to the same thing , between education and training . |
| 3 | If you can afford a magic standard then you can use this to increase the leadership or add to your combat result which amounts to the same thing for the all important break test . |
| 4 | Users often report experiencing the sort of twisted non-Euclidian dimensions associated with the Old Ones , so it 's reasonable to assume that this is how Mait made contact with them , or with whatever race memory remains of them , which amounts to the same thing . ’ |
| 5 | Readers usually know something about authors whose books they have read , and even if they don " t know anything , it is natural to imagine an author figure , which amounts to the same thing . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought you were only interested in certain-death scenarios and fighting Daleks which come to the same thing . ’ |
| 7 | They laughed at the same things . |
| 8 | He listened to what she said and they laughed at the same things . |
| 9 | They looked at the same things together as they walked through the ruins of Milan . |
| 10 | This happened once while I was at Binbrook , and we were all jailed for a week — well , con fined to our quarters , really , but it amounted to the same thing . |
| 11 | It amounted to the same thing for him . |
| 12 | Has he applied for the same thing ? |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know about that , but it came to the same thing , I suppose . |
| 14 | You see , it came from the same thing . |
| 15 | ‘ No , I 'm a scientist , but it amounts to the same thing . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It amounts to the same thing , surely ! ’ |
| 17 | This last point does not necessarily mean that you have to be using a page description language but , for the moment at least , it amounts to the same thing . |
| 18 | ‘ It comes to the same thing . ’ |
| 19 | Distances getting longer , tape measures getting shorter — either way , it comes to the same thing . ’ |
| 20 | So it comes to the same thing . |
| 21 | The way in which this is worked out in law may be that it would be an abuse of the process of the court to allow the creditor under such circumstances to sue , or it may be , and I prefer that view , that there is an extinction of the debt ; but , whichever way it is put , it comes to the same thing , namely that , after acceptance by the creditor of a sum offered by a third party in settlement of the claim against the debtor , the creditor can not maintain an action for the balance … . |
| 22 | It , it comes to the same thing does n't it ? . |
| 23 | I think it comes to the same thing . |
| 24 | I think it comes to the same thing . |
| 25 | Any measure based on ratios ( or , what amounts to the same thing , differences in logs ) is to be preferred . |
| 26 | It starts by proclaiming that God is dead or what comes to the same thing , that if he exists he is irrelevant . |
| 27 | Or what comes to the same thing judges changed their minds about what aspects or features of past decisions they were required to follow . |