Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought you wanted the same approach . |
| 2 | I thought he felt the same about me ; perhaps he did in the beginning . |
| 3 | Yet she could n't lose herself in the story ; the movements of Luke 's hand as he made lightning sketches , the lazy , sinuous stretching of his legs as he shifted his position impinged upon her concentration , and she found herself reading the same page over and over . |
| 4 | And just as surely she knew he wanted the same thing . |
| 5 | They said it meant the latter ; they said they were ‘ prepared to see the ratio between profits and incomes preserved at a reasonable level by a tax which would become operative upon all industry when a certain figure was exceeded by profits as a whole ’ . |
| 6 | All the pictures he showed me looked the same messy blur but he insisted he could make out the individual features of each person . |
| 7 | It allowed us to do the same , if we wished , with our churches . ’ |
| 8 | He beckoned her to do the same . |
| 9 | Philip at first took no notice of what he said ; but when he heard him repeat the same thing several times , and saw he was greatly upset by the horse being sent away , eventually replied : ‘ Are you criticising those who are older than yourself , as if you knew more , and were better able to manage him than they ? ’ |
| 10 | But when he talked he looked the same as he had always done ; eager , intent , screwing up his boneless nose , gesturing with broad , stubby-fingered hands . |
| 11 | I asked whether he thought he had the same difficulties as his father : |
| 12 | Jack froze , not knowing what he should do , and when he looked at Steve beside him , he knew he felt the same . |
| 13 | I blurted out to Dominic how I had been feeling and to my astonishment and relief he said he felt the same — trapped and resentful . ’ |
| 14 | He said he had the same ability as Wino but pointed out that he ( Gray ) was injured at 16 and never fully recovered , so his potential would have been even greater than it turned out . |