Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scots were meanwhile retreating along the same route by which they had advanced , but to a very different reception . |
| 2 | The Troop Commander thought that they were probably flying round the same small area in a patch of strong sunlight to keep warm ; the Troop Staff Sergeant opined that there was probably something nasty buried beneath the carpet of dead leaves . |
| 3 | Yeah , and we were prefects then Nick , we had our own rooms , we were n't sleeping in the same bed or anything , you know , |
| 4 | Emily bit her lip , the girl was obviously in touch with Craig , perhaps they were even living in the same house . |
| 5 | Although Attlee and Greenwood were ready to accept the invitation , they did not do so at once but made sure that both the National Executive and the annual Conference , which were conveniently meeting at the same time , it being the Whit weekend , were fully consulted and in agreement with their acceptance of office . |
| 6 | No I was just , I was just thinking about the same . |
| 7 | He was still sitting in the same chair , staring into space like a man in a trance . |
| 8 | When I came back , cos I went in on the way to the hairdresser 's , to find out about it , and I thought I 'd buy him on the way back , when I went back it was still sitting in the same place with its tail hanging out of the back . |
| 9 | That monolith to Lasso Rinding Puang Sangalla , the last great king of the Star Children , was still lying in the same position when I next visited the Rante — eleven years later . |
| 10 | Claudia raced for the towel ; he was still standing in the same place and still looking helpless as she dealt briskly with the spill . |
| 11 | Ballesteros explained that at a meeting of top players at Wentworth last year he had pushed the idea of more match-play golf and when told that American captain Tom Watson was also planning on the same lines he said : ‘ He copied me . ’ |
| 12 | So for the rest of the month I was in charge of wages , piece rates , training , negotiations and all the rest of it , and then one day a month I was regularly calling on the same customers in Bloomsbury and I was collecting money , selling the goods and so on , which I think was a very important part of my continued training . |
| 13 | Fabia went down to dinner that night and could n't help thinking that , even though it was certain that he was n't staying in the same hotel , or he 'd have said so , perhaps he might decide to have his dinner there . |
| 14 | I had to leave my place in front of the screen frequently and go behind to convince myself that each new voice was indeed coming from the same man . |