Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [art] same [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But more often than not , whenever they were under the same roof together , he shared her bed and , now that her initial awkwardness had abated — for she had never seen a naked human being of either sex before and had always been discouraged from looking too closely at herself — he made love to her with a straightforward vigour she found attractive . |
| 2 | So we were in the same group together for a couple of years . ’ |
| 3 | Although some amendments were suggested , they were in the same tenor e.g ; to allow States which are already more generous in respect of returning illegally exported material without compensation to continue that more generous treatment . |
| 4 | When she was n't explaining that she and the libbers were on the same side really , Mrs Travers took pains to point out that FAMILY had no quarrel with the poor or socially inadequate ; it was just that she wanted to pay tribute to the unsung millions of women ( and men ) who lived normal lives , did not swap roles , get divorces or abortions , become homeless or batter their children ( or their wives ) ; people who faced misfortune with re-sourcefulness and courage and without recourse to public funds . |
| 5 | What White and Bernard also omit to make clear is that , while the great majority of the ordinary members of the church may well have been largely indifferent to theological issues , many of them were at the same time both outraged and alarmed by a number of alien liturgical practices , which were a unique and highly visible feature of English Arminianism . |
| 6 | In Maxwell , the streams of particle and wave physics had begun to converge , with results that were to be disquieting ; but optics and the structure of matter were at the same time fruitfully interacting . |
| 7 | Heads of department acquired heavier responsibilities , but were at the same time often grouped in wider partnerships — often known , somewhat grandly , as faculties — to encourage more interdisciplinary work and greater flexibility in the use of resources . |
| 8 | But she had been forbidden by her mother to have anything to do with her Pascoe cousins , and she was sure Tristram was under the same veto as far as she was concerned ; and for a long time — years — she had never even spoken a word to him . |
| 9 | Yesterday , Mr Dubcek 's name was chanted at least as loudly as it was in the same square over 21 years ago . |
| 10 | Yesterday , Mr Dubcek 's name was chanted at least as loudly as it was in the same square over 21 years ago . |
| 11 | ‘ If I was in the same situation again 100 times I would come for the same punch and back myself to clear the ball every time ’ |
| 12 | When I was in the same area again last week ( w/c July 5 '91 ) I went up to the shelters one evening and cleaned out all the rubbish prior to spending the night there . |
| 13 | He was at the same time very simple and very noble . |
| 14 | It was directed at an audience to which a man of lesser wit and native grace might have been tempted to talk down ( it has to be remembered that by this time Boulestin and his restaurant had already become almost legendary ) but this was a trap into which he was at the same time too subtle and too naturally courteous to fall . |
| 15 | In short , the office of collector of supply was at the same time highly desirable and extremely dangerous to political interests . |