Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] [art] same [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I see these Islands in sight of each other , & possessed of but a scanty stock of animals , tenanted by these birds , but slightly differing in structure & filling the same place in Nature , I must suspect they are only varieties . |
| 2 | Imagine that you have been studying for 20 years for a qualification that will change your life , or waiting the same length of time to hear about a job you have applied for , the only job you have ever really wanted . |
| 3 | Dobry 's detailed recommendations ( which totalled 161 ) were aimed in his words , at giving greater freedom to harmless development but also at guarding against harmful development by retaining the current scope of planning control ; at separating from the main stream of applications all those which might cause harm , and disposing of ‘ main stream applications ’ by rapid and routine procedures ; and applying the same approach to appeals . |
| 4 | Sometimes , in fact , she had felt she was in danger of neglecting the rest of her pupils for though her voice continued to drone on , snapping out an instruction here , a correction there , she was in reality watching Paula out of the corner of her eye , and experiencing the same excitement of discovery that she had felt on the day when Paula had first walked into her office . |
| 5 | They 've been touring and doing the same thing for forty , fifty years and nothing has changed for them , and so I do n't think it 's a real resurgence in the US , but it 's great to see it happening over here . ’ |
| 6 | While Otley and Nigel squared up to each other Elinor emptied the contents of the envelope onto the table : family snaps , letters , postcards belonging to the Chatwins , the coat of arms well in evidence and having the same circlet of tiny flowers as the monogram on Tumbleweed 's handkerchief . |
| 7 | D.& C. Builders v. Rees ( below , p. 267 ) decides that there is no material distinction between giving a small sum in cash and giving the same amount by a negotiable instrument . |
| 8 | ‘ I am tired of poling the river , telling the same stories and hearing the same ones in return . |
| 9 | The £5.5 million star endured a heart-stopping few minutes against Genoa , crashing to the ground after a tackle and clutching the same knee in which he ruptured ligaments 16 months ago . |
| 10 | There is all the difference between keeping slim , well-groomed and well-dressed in order to look good at forty-five or fifty , and putting the same amount of effort into an attempt to put back the clock and have another crack at being twenty-five . |
| 11 | During the Reagan presidency , the Guardian kept blaming his errors on age , and perforce , there I was again with another angry letter — ‘ Son of Disgusted , Centre for Policy on Ageing ’ — pointing out that , like it or not , Ronald Reagan had always been like that , making the same kind of statement and endorsing the same brand of policies . |
| 12 | He began hesitantly , to be certain he was not boring his acquaintance , but seeing the same expression on the Colonel 's face as had been there before , he flew on like one of his mighty clippers before the wind . |
| 13 | refusing the help of family members and others who prepare " special " meals but having the same meals at the same time and in the same place as everyone else . |
| 14 | Perhaps this opens up the idea of the Government substituting depreciation accounting in place of principal repayments of loans but imposing the same control over the depreciation charge that it imposes on the minimum revenue provision . |