Example sentences of "in [noun] [conj] [v-ing] the same " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 Running around in circles and seeing the same old thing defeats half the purpose .
4 Had you been living in Oxford and asking the same question I think well then it 's erm you know , it 's obviously a very valid question .
5 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 .
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