Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [prep] the same [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The differences between them are of the same order as the differences between modern Dutch and standard German : the Brut retains the OE case-inflexions and grammatical gender , whereas the Peterborough Chronicle , even though it is an earlier document , has lost most of these .
2 Erm many of my officers erm indeed all of them are of the same mind .
3 And to add to all the infamous circumstances which concur to plague a traveller , I must not forget the eternally meeting with chalk-waggons ; themselves frequently stuck fast , till a collection of them are in the same situation , and twenty or thirty horses may be tacked to each , to draw them out one by one .
4 Nigel and I are about the same size , so no adjustments were needed , but the instant impression , on moving the black semi-circular yoke atop the long curving control column , was of absolute silky smoothness .
5 I am sure we all have one objective in mind , which is how we can best serve our members , and I 'm sure that both Richard and I are of the same view on this .
6 Evidently in positing a given object as an ontological individual I am at the same time committed to accepting that contextually there must be certain criteria whereby such an individual can be meaningfully referred to as numerically the same .
7 I am in the same case as you , ’ said the abbot , and smiled .
8 Do I , she asked herself , imagine that because I have lost a man I am in the same category as spotty Betty ?
9 ‘ A part of your father 's gift I think you have , if you can learn not to deface it for spite because I am in the same world with you . ’
10 I 'm at the same hotel as we stayed at last time-but it 's not the same without you and Rosie .
11 I 'm in the same position as she is and share exactly the same sentiments .
12 Now I 'm in the same bracket as Maradona !
13 I 'm in the same boat . ’
14 I says yeah I says I 'm in the same boat .
15 I 'm in the same set , I 'm in the same set for him as maths .
16 I 'm in the same set , I 'm in the same set for him as maths .
17 Because Joe and I were in the same position of being scolded by Mrs Joe , we were good friends , and Joe protected me from her anger whenever he could .
18 At the time I was of the same colouring ( there 's a portrait of me hanging at Burpham ) .
19 ‘ Of course I was on the same squadron as him for a time . ’
20 I do n't think I was on the same wavelength as the Prime Minister almost from the start , although I did work for her beforehand and try to pull together some of the policies .
21 I was on the same delegation to Russia and the Ukraine .
22 I shouted thanks and crossed over , though I was on the same side as every local runner .
23 Yeah but I was , I was on the same place as I was one behind him !
24 Thank you Chair , as the chair of that meeting yesterday , I was wondering if I was at the same committee as this m these minutes came from , because when I read the minutes two and three , I certainly did n't remember us passing those .
25 They put a lot of effort into it , but I tell you what , if I read Access , I would never have believed I was at the same conference .
26 I felt them , if I was in the same position , I would probably drink heavily as well .
27 ‘ 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 ’
28 And when I came round I was in the same place .
29 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 .
30 He was so thick that I was in the same form as Dan .
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