Example sentences of "had [verb] the same [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far back as 1904 Winston Churchill had foreseen the same change when he predicted the tariff reformers ' coming takeover of the party . |
| 2 | ‘ Did anyone know that Mowbray had received the same warning as Sir Ralph ? ’ |
| 3 | If they had polled the same plurality as they commanded in 1987 , there would have been no overall party majority . |
| 4 | His eyes had turned the same colour and I caught a whiff of that strange perfume which sometimes emanated from him , sweet but sickly . |
| 5 | Clarke had said the same thing and she had tried desperately to comply but it had been like trying to lay hold of darting butterflies . |
| 6 | I thought that maybe he had had the same idea as me only for a different reason . |
| 7 | In addition , he pointed out that the price/performance ratio has changed by a factor of 6,000 in the past few years : ‘ If the car industry had had the same change that the computer industry has experienced since 1960 , a car that cost $10,000 in 1960 would now be sold for $1 , ’ he said . |
| 8 | It was er he had had it since my grandfather had had the same place as a blacksmith 's shop and then my father followed on with the garage with cycles first of all , and then when the motor trade came in , he started in motors repairing . |
| 9 | It was sheer luck that he had chosen the same road as the truck . |