Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [art] same [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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1 | Whether you have just moved into a new home or have been living in the same place for years the main thing is that you are alone and you must make your home your pride , your joy , your sanctuary . |
2 | But instead of waiting on the same platform for an Edgware train , they made their way up to the British Rail terminus , and in the men 's lavatory the bear got into his bear suit . |
3 | Most shoplifters give themselves away by constantly looking around at cameras and cashiers or staying in the same area for a long time . |
4 | The matter dragged on , year after year , until in 1857 it was decided that an extra master should be appointed , so that there could be two classes , one learning French and the other German , running at the same time for one hour , and then changing over . |
5 | They all came from similar backgrounds and , as like minds , they were all congregating at the same place for the same reasons . |
6 | Why not get used to doing this stretch throughout the day — especially if you have been sitting in the same position for any length of time ? |
7 | By the time the rope went tight I had been standing in the same spot for nearly an hour and a half . |
8 | There is magnetism in romantic gestures that make you forget you 've been standing in the same place for half the day , that there is not a child in the house washed and you never got flowers from your 's truly . |
9 | Travis had raised himself out of his despair to quip that she and his cousin both worked for the same firm , but the message that had come across to her from the dark steely look of Naylor Massingham was that that might be true now , but , since she had chosen not to heed his warning , one of them would not be working for the same firm for very much longer ! |
10 | She had been sleeping on the same step for three nights . |
11 | Erm working at the same place for so many years you must have had ? |