Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 I thought you wanted the same approach .
2 I thought he felt the same about me ; perhaps he did in the beginning .
3 And just as surely she knew he wanted the same thing .
4 They said it meant the latter ; they said they were ‘ prepared to see the ratio between profits and incomes preserved at a reasonable level by a tax which would become operative upon all industry when a certain figure was exceeded by profits as a whole ’ .
5 All the pictures he showed me looked the same messy blur but he insisted he could make out the individual features of each person .
6 It allowed us to do the same , if we wished , with our churches . ’
7 He beckoned her to do the same .
8 Philip at first took no notice of what he said ; but when he heard him repeat the same thing several times , and saw he was greatly upset by the horse being sent away , eventually replied : ‘ Are you criticising those who are older than yourself , as if you knew more , and were better able to manage him than they ? ’
9 But when he talked he looked the same as he had always done ; eager , intent , screwing up his boneless nose , gesturing with broad , stubby-fingered hands .
10 I asked whether he thought he had the same difficulties as his father :
11 Jack froze , not knowing what he should do , and when he looked at Steve beside him , he knew he felt the same .
12 I blurted out to Dominic how I had been feeling and to my astonishment and relief he said he felt the same — trapped and resentful . ’
13 He said he had the same ability as Wino but pointed out that he ( Gray ) was injured at 16 and never fully recovered , so his potential would have been even greater than it turned out .
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