Example sentences of "he [be] [v-ing] the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had he been doing the same job when he was in Suffolk ? |
| 2 | I would understand it if the Minister were saying merely that he is reorganising the same amount of resources , but he has cut resources . |
| 3 | He is playing the same game as missionaries who went to Asia to convert the ‘ heathen Chinee ’ and to Africa to redeem the ‘ dark continent ’ from barbarism . |
| 4 | ‘ Hey , that 's good — he 's reading the same book that we are , ’ noticed Matthew . |
| 5 | So now he 's trying the same way here . |
| 6 | And that , getting back to Bush , he 's doing the same thing is n't it ? |
| 7 | We 've tracked down erstwhile Uniplex Inc 's president and chief executive officer Jeff Waxman at one of his current haunts , a six-year-old ‘ start-up ’ called Mentalix Inc , where at least on paper he 's playing the same role he did at Uniplex . |
| 8 | He glanced at Ho , and knew that he was thinking the same thing . |
| 9 | She was silent a moment , thoughtful , and knew he was thinking the same thing . |
| 10 | No doubt he was thinking the same thing . |
| 11 | On a ship the size of the Ocean Empress it was surprisingly easy , especially when it seemed he was adopting the same principle . |
| 12 | As soon as I realised I told him it must stop , but the next thing I knew he was spouting the same fiction to a reporter . ’ |
| 13 | Now he was saying the same thing . |
| 14 | He was carrying the same carrier-bag and for some reason they found it impossible not to stare at it . |
| 15 | He was carrying the same grip . |