Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [be] the [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ And you knew Feargal , knew his name , knew he came from Slane , and assumed it was the same family . ’ |
2 | No I think he generally thought they were the same thing , I think I would of done if I was n't an educationalist , but I mean it 's his business to know really is n't it ? |
3 | We are we we 've got an amp meter and a volt meter and I thought they were the same thing you see . |
4 | The one I saw it was the same plain . |
5 | Wherever she went it was the same story . |
6 | Although they were looking at the clump of bushes from a different angle now , she knew it was the same clump they had seen from the gate . |
7 | She had never known anything like the need that rent her , and she knew it was the same need that was racking Luke 's rigid body ; and still it escalated as they succumbed to a welter of tumultuous embraces , caresses and kisses , their staccato breathing punctuated by the sharp sounds of desire , their skin damp with perspiration . |
8 | ‘ I knew it was the same family , ’ he admitted . |
9 | If she remembered he was the same man whom her son had once employed , there was no way of telling from the awed reception she gave him . |
10 | ‘ Well , actually , Sam said I was the same height as him now and he happened to have two . |
11 | Rory supposed it was the same thoughtlessness that had made dad and mum have him so much later than the rest of their children . |