Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adv] the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was n't the same chap , I 'll tell you that . |
| 2 | But he was n't the same chap . ’ |
| 3 | For those officials who remembered Harold Mark I in 1964 , he was not the same man ten years later . |
| 4 | He was much the same height as Hotspur , and much the same build , though twenty years at least older , and a century more crafty , and there was always the curious suggestion about him that he was ready and waiting to fit himself into the void if ever Hotspur slipped out of being . |
| 5 | He detested the commercial world and , although he was much the same age as the Prince , had no time for the young . |
| 6 | Whatever , he was never the same person again , and seemed to care less and less about the band and the music until he announced , mid-tour in 1970 , that he was leaving . |
| 7 | His main concern was road safety , but he was never the same man after 1982 . |
| 8 | He was never the same player again , still in with a chance going into the last round but then fading away with a 75 . |
| 9 | By the time Cooper came back from injury ( He was never the same player ) Jack Charlton had retired ( Probably immediately after the final ) |