Example sentences of "they [vb past] [verb] the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But diversifying companies found it much harder to exploit economies of scale and scope in these new fields — usually , says Mr Chandler , because they failed to make the same kind of first-mover investments they had made in their primary businesses . |
| 2 | But although they 'd pursued the same career , that career had taken them in different directions , their meetings infrequent . |
| 3 | At Tiverton in 1809 they had claimed they had received the same rate for 300 years ! |
| 4 | Then , like a shoal of fish moving within a net , Rose and the girls started to clear the table , to brush away crumbs , to wash , to dry , to return each thing to its own place , all done with a muted energy ; whispers , jokes , little scolding asides — ‘ No , that goes in the other place ’ or reminisce how they had made the same mistake before in order to soften any harshness in the scold , bending low in apologetic laughter . |
| 5 | Over the years they had attended the same victuallers ' functions , and on every occasion Harcourt had kept very much to his own table . |
| 6 | Perhaps they had attended the same college : the college whose colours were cerise and silver . |
| 7 | None of the pupils seemed to guess that they had heard the same speaker more than once . |
| 8 | The two men exchanged experiences and found that they had heard the same noises of heavy breathing and the kick on the door . |
| 9 | They had conducted the same argument , at intervals , since the days after they had realised that they were isolated on an alien world . |
| 10 | Whatever divided them , they had to share the same planet ; and this dictated a ‘ constructive dialogue , a search for solutions to key international problems , for areas of agreement ’ . |
| 11 | Although Howard did n't actually have to come face to face with Brando , they had to share the same set . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If they had polled the same plurality as they commanded in 1987 , there would have been no overall party majority . |
| 14 | When the state took over recruitment under the Military Service Acts , the party continued to be involved : many agents were transferred to the army , where they continued to do the same job , and many party offices were lent to the government as recruitment centres . |
| 15 | The British were mistaken in supposing that they continued to have the same sovereign and therefore the same national identity vis-à-vis the outside world as the Canadians . |
| 16 | They they tended to say the same thing as the government , erm but recently Tory motions , in this council , have started to say the opposite of the government f for reasons which remain obscure to me and this is just another example . |
| 17 | Some of them were politer than others , but they tended to ask the same questions as they trampled through the house . |