Example sentences of "[vb past] to be the same [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Agnes watched the young , plump , matronly lady look at the young man , whom she imagined to be the same age as his wife . |
2 | Moreover we can discuss the meaning of what is being said even if it so happens that there are no trees in the park , or if all the trees happened to be the same age and none of them was an oak . |
3 | Somehow the roads managed to be the same colour , but several tones lighter . |
4 | Unfortunately , it appeared to be the same half that I had picked to explore . |
5 | The enclosed manual is chock-a-block with plane and armaments information , but is poorly written from a users point of view , and appeared to be the same manual as for the Amiga product ( a command summary card for the PC is enclosed , but the documentation remains poorly written and even confusing ) . |
6 | It was noticed , too , that he had taken the precaution of having some shoes with built-up heels made , so that when the ceremony was over and he took his wife 's arm to move slowly down the aisle , he appeared to be the same height as her , or very nearly . |
7 | It had to be the same man . |
8 | Plus , the majority of the numbers were rigged in such a way that , what with lighting effects and special effects , they had to be the same length . |