Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] to [art] same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Approximately one hour later , they were brought back to the same room and asked to retell the story again . |
| 2 | The fact that visiting supporters were allowed in to the same terracing , even though distinctly segregated , was a constant source of irritation to many Oxford fans , and it was often pointed to as an explanation for the occurrence of ‘ bovver ’ . |
| 3 | For the user it is as if everyone were signed on to the same LAN . |
| 4 | She was referred again to the same cardiologist the next year and the exercise test was again negative and she was reassured . |
| 5 | James IV , idealistic and militaristic , ‘ first and foremost a warrior ’ as Dr Norman Macdougall has described him , spent at least £100,000 Scots ( rather more than three years ' income ) on artillery and even more on his navy ; £30,000 alone went on the building of the huge and spectacular Great Michael , a ship so impressive that it was promptly copied by Henry VIII , whose Henri Grace a Dieu was built virtually to the same specifications in 1512 , a year after the Michael 's completion . |
| 6 | The midwife rolled up her sleeves and toiled all night by the light of candles stuck in turnips , and just before dawn the baby was delivered on to the same straw mattress on which she had been conceived . |