Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adv] the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But someone says oh this is a bit messy having these two pipes , could n't we just have one pipe that did exactly the same job . |
| 2 | I can evoke the wind at will and make it rustle the stiff papery blades of the bamboos and sing , through the comb-like leaves of the yew , as a worthy accompaniment to the voice that on that day and on all other days , even to the final silence , spoke words that had always the same meaning . |
| 3 | Then I returned to the tinker camp and sought out the same woman . |
| 4 | Oh yes , erm I went to a comprehensive co-educational school and found exactly the same thing . |
| 5 | I telephoned Frank and adopted exactly the same technique . |
| 6 | I came into the G M B and heard exactly the same kind of derogatory comments about the Transport and General Workers ' Union . |
| 7 | He came over , shoved the piece of paper into my hand , and vanished down the same hole . |
| 8 | It is revealing that , in a very similar way , to be can be present or omitted in an actual non-finite clause where it signals the passive of a verb phrase although its presence is generally preferred : ( 48 ) Cromwell ordered the Abbot of Reading ( to be ) tried and executed immediately The same insertion is sometimes superficially possible for predicate qualifiers ; but in reality this indicates a main verb which is semantically compatible with the relation of either construction ; an example would be like ( or want ) which makes it possible for us to set ( 49 ) beside ( 8 ) : ( 49 ) Alastair likes his beef tea to be strong However , with most preceding verb phrases , such a change to the predicate qualifier construction will produce a result which is ungrammatical and may even present difficulties of interpretation : ( 50 ) ( a ) the children have kept the fish-tank clean : how have the children kept the fish-tank ? ( b ) the children have kept the fish-tank to be clean |
| 9 | They flew almost the same number of sorties ( some 2,600 each ) and lost nearly the same number of aircraft ( 72 with 431 and 74 with 434 ) , suffering virtually identical casualties . |
| 10 | He had what was apparently a heart attack and died there the same day . ’ |
| 11 | They should be aware that Mr beat Mr Brown to the punch and did exactly the same thing a few months ago . |
| 12 | until she got onto that crossbar and then she just flew straight back and did exactly the same thing all over again and I just thought sod it ! |