Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] the same [noun] " in BNC.

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31 I mean we 're all in the same boat . ’
32 These strategies were exemplified in statements on the part of respondents such as ‘ count your blessings ’ , or ‘ we 're all in the same boat ’ , and in methods such as perceiving hardship as the forerunner of an easier future , or devaluing the importance of aspects which are noxious ( such as an unpleasant boss and colleagues ) and magnifying good aspects ( such as the convenient location and reasonable pay of the job ) .
33 ‘ In theory , we 're all in the same boat , ’ he told a newspaper .
34 Yeah , that needs to be signed and then we can use these and any future occasions when we 're all in the same place .
35 I suppose you get days when you feel you get up and you 've got to do the same old things — you get bored , you 're stuck in the same routine .
36 You know very well that we 're two of the same kind , Nenna .
37 So you 're , you 're both on the same bike , one , one of you is riding and one of you is riding pillion , is that right ?
38 ‘ Strange ’ — Agnes rose from the bed — ‘ we 're both of the same mind .
39 Yeah , but they 're , they 're both from the same place though mum .
40 But you listen to Richard and you listen to his sister and hear the difference and they 're both from the same place .
41 With × 7 , there are three in the same field : M36 , 37 and 38 .
42 His sisters are married to the same kind of men .
43 You 've both followed international careers , acquiring a cosmopolitan patina , you 've both been involved with the same man
44 If the power is exercised , the proceeds are applicable in the same way as the proceeds of a sale ordered by the court , and the mortgagor will remain liable to pay any deficiency .
45 They are all about the same size — only a few centimetres long — with roughly the same shape , slim , approximately rectangular , with high foreheads and small pouting mouths .
46 ‘ They are all blonde and are all about the same size and although none of them are identical you would know they are from the same family .
47 ‘ And they are all about the same age and they are all boys who have never been in trouble with the police , but the people who taught them and their family were not exactly surprised at what happened . ’
48 Whether man or beast , we are all of the same essence , we all have a soul .
49 subordinates in a work group are all of the same quality or type ; and
50 As they are all of the same family , could I breed from an Oranda and a Blue Carp ?
51 ‘ Your three specialists are all of the same opinion . ’
52 There is a sense — the most important of all — in which Homer and Dante and Milton , Aeschylus and Shakespeare are all of the same age or none .
53 S Adams and son ( Derriaghy ) , Spence bros ( Lisburn ) and M Portis ( Lisburn ) are all on the same yard .
54 ‘ I have a part to play , but so do they , and we are all on the same team . ’
55 We are all on the same side and are accountable to each other .
56 The use of sleeving on the l.e.d. wires ensures that they are all at the same height above the board : Also make sure that they are in line when viewed along the length of the sequence .
57 In the same way we are all under the same delusions in one form or another .
58 Suppose that I am supplied with a sequence of electrons which have been prepared in such a way that they are all in the same state of motion .
59 We are all in the same boat out here .
60 We are all in the same boat .
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