Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [vb past] [prep] the same " in BNC.

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1 The trade unions were insisting that Britain abided by the same social protection rules as other EC countries .
2 The catalogue entry claims the picture is the second version that Zoffany painted of the same scene .
3 Andy and Peter are both happy to admit that TMAM started in the same way as most enthusiast-driven collections — with no collecting policy at all .
4 But he and Eleanor moved in the same set socially .
5 Will we ever see Volvos and Renaults made in the same factory ?
6 In conclusion , Italy and Sicily suffered from the same divisions and neighbourly jealousies as Old Greece , jealousies made more dangerous by racial friction and the threat of native risings ( cranky philosophical activists did not help ) .
7 Syl and Robert arrived at the same time and my mother poured them drinks .
8 A declaration of 19 September 1693 by Anne Mauger , wife of Nicolas , makes clear that her husband and three sons , Nicolas aîń , Nicolas ( dit Colin ) and Louis shared in the same instrument business .
9 When he next spoke it was about something trivial , and Alyssia replied in the same vein , stifling the burning curiosity to find out what dark secrets he was keeping behind that controlled face of his .
10 Laidlaw was spun round and the Arab checked his rope then he was pushed aside and Graham subjected to the same treatment .
11 Beside him , Philippa made strange gestures with her fingers and Rastani replied in the same sign language .
12 For the first time ever , the Heads of State and Government of the United States , Russia , China , France and Britain sat around the same table and pledged themselves , with the other members of the council , to collective security , to international law and to our commitments under the United Nations ' charter .
13 Darwin and Wallace came to the same conclusion about archipelago birds .
14 After the honeymoon she and Hubert slept in the same room but in single beds .
15 A preliminary meeting in Manchester in October 1853 got the support of the BFASS committee ; when an inaugural gathering was held Sturge and Thompson spoke from the same platform and it was resolved that the Manchester Anti-Slavery Union should become an auxiliary of the BFASS .
16 But Peter rose at the same moment .
17 169 all out gave West Indies a win by an innings and 79 runs , the first time they had beaten England by an innings at home since 1934–5 ; by coincidence , it was the first time an England captain had chosen to field first in the Caribbean since Wyatt did in the same series .
18 The defeat comes just eight days after England lost by the same score to Norway in a vital World Cup qualifying match in Oslo .
19 The marriage lasted only a few years , cut short by the death of Eliza ; when Robert returned to the same altar at St Leonard 's in January of 1837 as a widower , he must have had more than a flash of déjà vu .
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