Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [v-ing] [art] same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , oh aye I Yes , we You had to measure , and in those days , the councils were grouped in what they called Assessment Committee Areas , and each were wor making sure the other areas were using the same sort of basis . |
| 2 | Other right-wing intellectuals were making the same point . |
| 3 | A team of over 100 scientists was working to produce a weapon of almost inconceivable power , ‘ their moral scruples overcome by the fascination of the research and the haunting fear that the Germans were following the same path ’ . |
| 4 | Other young fellows were doing the same thing ; we used to meet and recognize each other and compare notes — and pretty scathing we were at times with what we found . |
| 5 | As , yet again , Britain started its mopping up operation , tired rescue workers , tearful home owners and others were asking the same question : Whatever caused the heavens to open ? |
| 6 | On a pure labour law test , on the other hand , it might be said that the fact that the employees were doing the same kind of work on the same machines should be enough to amount to a transfer of a business . |
| 7 | LONG before we started telling naive people to take what they were told with a pinch of salt , the Romans were issuing the same advice in the form of ‘ cum grano salis ’ , which was actually a mild pun . |