Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [art] same [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect this was a time when new worlds and new social structures were being forged ; and in many ways we were closer to the world of the underground than that of the moral majority , for we were walking the same ground and like many in the alternative society were ( somewhat unsystematically ) following an essential and perennial theme of history — that of man 's journey as ‘ hero ’ . |
| 2 | Mind you , if you were going the same way as he wanted go , and he was going the way you wanted to go |
| 3 | As I understand it , you were continuing the same metaphor when you told me that you wanted me to be a kind of groundsman . |
| 4 | They were doing the same thing as the driver ants , and for the same reasons . |
| 5 | When Maggie and Susan left the house they were carrying the same pail and enamel container that they 'd used earlier . |