Example sentences of "up [prep] the same [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He repeated his question , and came up against the same smiling ignorance . |
| 2 | Gone over it , through it , round it , beyond it , and ended , every time , trapped in the same corner , backed up against the same blank wall . |
| 3 | ‘ He used to grumble about him , but it would always end up with the same old story . ’ |
| 4 | As usual , the interesting people told me to piss off , and I ended up with the same old circle of publicity seekers . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If you have already experienced a bad marriage , you may feel that to marry again is to end up in the same sorry state . |
| 6 | However , the effect of experience on temperament is still limited by the horse 's genetic traits — for example , if both the naturally placid horse and the naturally nervous horse were brought up in the same rough environment , then the placid horse would still be less timid than the nervous one . |
| 7 | Er children are n't brought up in the same maternal way as they are in in this country , and many other countries . |
| 8 | I heard you wake up from the same bad dream |
| 9 | Tolkien wanted his characters in The Lord of the Rings to live up to the same high standard . |
| 10 | And she could have sworn that , after the first second or two , he had been caught up by the same strong feeling . |