Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun] [vb past] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past it has always been assumed that the wall followed the same line as its medieval successor . |
| 2 | and did n't realize that the A made the same sound in this word as it does in that . |
| 3 | We believe it only on grounds of modesty : it would be most remarkable if the universe looked the same in every direction around us , but not around other points in the universe ! |
| 4 | It should be public property and would be so if the millionaire had the same heart and principles of Beefy . |
| 5 | Well , what if the prisons did the same ? |
| 6 | take her and the , and the vet said the same , where that place is er a bad , a couple of years ago she had erm tick |
| 7 | Raybestos and the IDA shared the same legal representation at the hearing . |
| 8 | In spite of this the agreement was approved by 44 votes to 28 and the strike began the same evening . |
| 9 | I was interested to see that the Financial Times and The Spectator picked the same phrase — they described it as a ’ pyrrhic victory ’ . |
| 10 | Both Scotland and the south reported the same 27 per cent positive balance . |
| 11 | However , he did not allow her to become too swamped with nervous , trembling uncertainty , as he began to talk calmly and reasonably about his brother 's future life in America , describing some of the amusing mistakes he himself had made in assuming that the English and the Americans spoke the same language — when , in fact , so many words had different meanings . |
| 12 | It did not claim to supersede DB32 which remained ‘ an essential source of background evidence and reasoning for use when interpreting the new guidelines ' ’ and the objectives remained the same . |
| 13 | For two full days , Hawk and the horseman travelled the same course , just out of each other 's sight , but then , one evening , the presence was gone . |
| 14 | How long would it be , Carew wondered , before the Hacketts and the Merricks and the Townshends did the same ? |
| 15 | Each edition was reset , but the contents remained the same , as follows : Vol. i : ‘ Our Parish ’ ( in 6 chaps . ) , |
| 16 | Having a mind untrammelled by convention he offered the names ignose or godnose , but the editor of the Biochemical Journal would not accept either of them , so because the vitamin had the same empirical formula as glycuronic acid he called it hexuronic acid , leaving its structural chemistry to be determined later . |
| 17 | And so by incessant exercise , her right foot grew larger and broader , while the other remained the same size , and at length she feared to go out in the streets at all , for fear of tripping and falling flat . |
| 18 | When the researchers re-imaged the same area , they found they had created small groups of three atoms , arranged in a triangle , which appeared higher than their neighbours . |
| 19 | Care of the unfortunate was a general duty which people met with generosity and tenderness , and they were not surprised when the state did the same . |
| 20 | The only thing to be said to that was said eight years ago by Michael Kinsley , a Washington journalist , when the Democrats had the same plank in their platform for the American elections . |
| 21 | Later , when the car crossed the same crossing , police followed it and after about half-a-mile put on their blue flashing light . |
| 22 | Mildred began to cry , and as she lifted her hand to wipe away the tears she watched with horrified fascination as the reflection did the same . |
| 23 | She was now looking round at both their houses distastefully , though the houses looked the same as usual , snow on the roofs , snow a foot deep over the yards , snow poised on every twig and leaf , a cloud from the central-heating chimney hovering calmly over each residence . |