Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around 65% of people with meters found they were paying the same as or less than they did under the old system . |
| 2 | Since then he had tried to stay away from her , and it seemed she was doing the same , which did nothing to cool his interest . |
| 3 | On a ship the size of the Ocean Empress it was surprisingly easy , especially when it seemed he was adopting the same principle . |
| 4 | ‘ I just felt I was doing the same old thing , week after week , month after month . |
| 5 | For a moment I thought she was going the same way as her father . |
| 6 | She was silent a moment , thoughtful , and knew he was thinking the same thing . |
| 7 | As soon as I realised I told him it must stop , but the next thing I knew he was spouting the same fiction to a reporter . ’ |
| 8 | I said you 're paid the same . |
| 9 | Had she been asked the same question in different surroundings her amazement might have been tempered with doubt that Nahum Morey was in his right mind , but in this confined space she began to share his conviction that they had been drawn together by their various needs . |
| 10 | Had he been doing the same job when he was in Suffolk ? |