Example sentences of "but [pron] [be] the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you were the same age , you might have known or heard things about her that adults would not know . ’ |
| 2 | No they 're a bit you know long for her but they 're the same size as she was wearing Jean and the other ones were too narrow for her feet . |
| 3 | But they were the same family the same Same people all through the years . |
| 4 | Yesterday they were spewed out in the aftermath of the Musgrave Park Hospital outrage but they were the same words which Mr Brooke and his predecessors have used time and time again after other bloody acts of terrorism . |
| 5 | The myth that a man makes has transformations according as he sees himself as hero or villain , as young or old , but it is essentially the same myth ; Tom Jones is not the same person , but he is the same myth as Squire Western ; Midshipman Easy is part of the same myth ; Falstaff is elevated above the myth to dwell on Olympus , more than a national character . |
| 6 | Marks had grown greyer , more hairy , more stringy in the years-since their last meeting but he was the same man , shrewd , cynical , and a cop to the bone . |
| 7 | He 's a year younger than Thomas but he was the same height |
| 8 | I think there 's been a lot , a lot of publicity for childline , now , but you are n't directly in , associated with childline Fjn Well , we 've had , no , we 've had to call ourselves children 's line because for er obvious reasons we ca n't call ourselves childline , but it is the same type of thing , er run in a similar way , not exactly the same of course er partly because we have n't got the money that childline er attracts . |
| 9 | it 's a s different colour , but it is the same size as that . |
| 10 | Although erm we have n't we 're running short of these papers but it 's the same figures . |
| 11 | Sometimes they call them ‘ half-ground ’ , sometimes ‘ ground-wound ’ , but it 's the same technique . ’ |
| 12 | Right , erm , what happens then , Philip , if the client says to you , and it 's unlikely with Covermaster , but it 's the same principle if you 're talking of a savings plan or a pension , erm , I do n't like the idea of my money being invested in a managed fund , I 've been reading the financial press , and I 'm very interested and excited at the thought of the Japanese market going up through the roof . |
| 13 | But it 's the same size neck — a big , V-shaped one . |
| 14 | But it 's the same size . |
| 15 | But it 's the same story . |
| 16 | But it 's the same Thames estuary country , not all marsh , some of it quite good land , but criss-crossed by creeks and swatchways , and interspersed with saltings . |
| 17 | I got caught with all these drugs in a car by the same police ( I do n't know what I do , but it 's the same police every time I get arrested ) and I got charged with possession . |
| 18 | But it 's the same thing . |
| 19 | But it was the same friend who eventually led Jean to the dead man 's ‘ passion wagon ’ caravan . |
| 20 | But it was the same man … last night 's rescuer and her new temporary employer were one and the same … |
| 21 | The haughty face was older , harder , but it was the same man she had dreamed of as a very young teenager . |
| 22 | There was no flat black Córdoba hat , but it was the same man and Maggie felt an almost bitter rush of disappointment , so strong that it took her by surprise . |
| 23 | The glow through , er yes the paper was erm , was the same colour all the way through and er , and erm they had quite an impact , but of course they , would only last a year or two er and er they started a small factory in London and , erm call it Hula-Hoops I think er , I do n't know whether Hula-Hoops came from the lighting shades or the lighting shades from the Hula-Hoops , but it was the same process that made them both and er this was erm thin plastic tubing brightly coloured , er which was er cemented together into er |
| 24 | At the same time not only was there another G number but it was the same make of car as the last five G numbers had been and it was the same colour as three out of the last ten cars that had passed the other way . |
| 25 | She was dressed differently but it was the same face , the same hair , the same pleasant manner , and I said to her , well I put it to her , was she a twin ? |
| 26 | She would n't have been surprised to see her hair had all turned white ; but it was the same face looking back at her . |