Example sentences of "he [vb past] the same [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This remained only a vague idea until he read the same Soviet paper from the 1970s as Chatterjee had seen and which dealt with the abundance of helium-3 and helium-4 in minerals . |
| 2 | He used the same foul language and coarse expressions the big Glaswegian would have used and , of course , McEllhoney laughed and made the expected ribald comment . |
| 3 | Very likely he used the same precise manner ; she could n't imagine him doing otherwise . |
| 4 | Then he slipped into a deep sleep , and all at once the warm feeling of happiness deserted him and his stomach heaved as he recognised the same old nightmare returning : the walk along the jetty , the cruel hands dragging him to the edge , the utter helplessness as they lowered him into the icy water , the wave that broke over his head — and at last , that terrible choking sensation . |
| 5 | He showed the same scant respect for other agents of central power . |
| 6 | He wore the same black clothes — baggy corduroys , heavy sweater , working-man 's jacket — that he had worn through the Sixties and Seventies . |
| 7 | He wore the same khaki overalls as we all did , but he had a major 's crown on each shoulder . |
| 8 | He wore the same sombre clothes as Lever , a wine red pau that made them seem more like clerks than the heirs to great Companies . |
| 9 | Nails , now a connoisseur of horses , looked critically at Midnight and saw that he possessed the same nervous temperament as Lucky Lady Firelight , and was pleased . |
| 10 | Even Frank Sinatra said that Darin would be his successor — he had the same tremendous phrasing — although death cheated him of that . |
| 11 | He had the same flat back to his head and angularity of neck , and his walk was tense and silent . |
| 12 | ‘ He had the same smarmy patter . |
| 13 | and a he had the same unyielding attitude to life that Germans would have and a very bad temper . |
| 14 | Contemporary miniatures show that Dara bore a striking resemblance to his father ; he had the same deep-set almond eyes , the same straight , narrow nose and long , full beard , although in some pictures he appears to have been slightly darker and more petite than Shah Jehan . |