Example sentences of "they [be] [v-ing] the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When people talk together about marriage they often assume they are discussing the same thing . |
| 2 | When Montaigne and Bacon stress the determining power of social custom they are developing the same idea of an order prior to and determining of consciousness , though now of course with the crucial difference that it is a non-teleological order , historical rather than divine , material rather than metaphysical . |
| 3 | If he can look that prospect squarely in the eye and both parties cut out the cheap jibes , they will see that they are talking the same language . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , ’ she said after a moment 's pause , ‘ of course they are doing the same job up to a point and that 's never an easy pattern of work . |
| 5 | Ask them if they 're having the same problem . ’ |
| 6 | And th they they 've announced the next day that they 're having the same concert as well ! |
| 7 | Since then , Runrig have become a national institution and Capercaillie look as though they 're heading the same way . |
| 8 | ‘ Well if Security 's in on that could n't they be finding the same pattern that you have ? ’ |
| 9 | She and Charles worked hard and , despite the fact that they were pursuing the same course , without rivalry . |
| 10 | They were doing the same thing as the driver ants , and for the same reasons . |
| 11 | When Maggie and Susan left the house they were carrying the same pail and enamel container that they 'd used earlier . |
| 12 | They 's doing the same thing outside your flat . |