Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nick and she , they were proportioned to each other , they seemed to belong to the same tribe . |
| 2 | It is now going to be very difficult for the Lions to win this series , although they did come from the same position to win the series four years ago in Australia . |
| 3 | Diana Travers was n't a member of her birthday party but they did dine at the same restaurant , the Black Swan on the river at Cookham . |
| 4 | With brute force techniques … they do achieve about the same end result as we do with much more sophisticated techniques . |
| 5 | However , I shall argue that it is only when they do point in the same direction that conditions are suitable for the development of intelligent beings who can ask the question : why does disorder increase in the same direction of time as that in which the universe expands ? |
| 6 | Mums-to-be only have the right to return to their job if they 've worked for the same company for at least two years . |
| 7 | And the amount of statutory maternity pay to which they 're entitled also depends on how long they 've worked for the same employer . |
| 8 | He had kept the same job , they had lived in the same house , they had rented the same seaside bungalow for a summer holiday , year in year out . |
| 9 | In fact Major Wiseman 's letter preserves an inaccurate memory — not surprising after so long — of the actual circumstances , for it conflates the events of twelve days and relates them as if they had happened on the same night . |
| 10 | Hailing each other , they found that they had come to the same conclusion : that so far as they could tell , in the gloom and confusion , the night was theirs , the camp completely broken up , the enemy scattered and leaderless and unlikely to rally now . |
| 11 | Each sect accused the other of wishing to observe the prescribed religious festivals at the wrong times , although in practice they had to keep to the same dates . |
| 12 | He fell into step beside her and they continued to walk in the same direction . |
| 13 | It is a touching scene that every parent can immediately identify with because they have gone through the same ritual with their own children . |
| 14 | Thus , they have remained at the same level of retardation throughout their childhood . |
| 15 | As Caroline told me : ‘ Once you have indicated that you like to buy from the comfort of your armchair , other companies assume you will want to know about the products they have to sell in the same way ’ . |
| 16 | Failing this , the section either ought to be amended to provide , as does s.61 ( below ) , for persons to sue where they have been adversely affected , or , as is the case in the US , where they can show that they have traded during the same time period as the insider . |
| 17 | At present , women only qualify for leave if they have worked for the same employer for two years ; five years for women who work less than 16 hours per week . |
| 18 | The more a person is integrated into a close-knit social network , the more time they spend speaking to the same group of people and the less they spend in contact with others who might change their speech . |
| 19 | They tended to move in the same circles and share many of the same values as the liberal nobility and progressively minded public opinion articulated by journalists , writers , professors , and students . |
| 20 | However , local MP Tony Banks says they wanted to get across the same message . |