Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [v-ing] [art] same [noun] " in BNC.

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1 as if she were putting the same reel of film back in the projector , she ran through the whole scene once again : she is speaking to the visitor , Paul is watching them with astonishment , and the guest is saying : ‘ In your next life , do you want to stay together or never meet again ? ’
2 As I understand it , you were continuing the same metaphor when you told me that you wanted me to be a kind of groundsman .
3 Mind you , if you were going the same way as he wanted go , and he was going the way you wanted to go
4 I asked , not certain we were discussing the same property .
5 We were taking the same course module , ‘ marketing and statistics ’ .
6 ‘ When we were messing around last year , we were playing the same songs to the same music biz people , ’ asserts softly-spoken guitarist Bernard Butler , softly .
7 In effect this was a time when new worlds and new social structures were being forged ; and in many ways we were closer to the world of the underground than that of the moral majority , for we were walking the same ground and like many in the alternative society were ( somewhat unsystematically ) following an essential and perennial theme of history — that of man 's journey as ‘ hero ’ .
8 She and Charles worked hard and , despite the fact that they were pursuing the same course , without rivalry .
9 They were doing the same thing as the driver ants , and for the same reasons .
10 When Maggie and Susan left the house they were carrying the same pail and enamel container that they 'd used earlier .
11 While these groups and individuals may not always have shared our analysis , they were asking the same questions about the link between government claims and reality in relation to job creation and training in West Belfast .
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