Example sentences of "was [prep] the same [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interestingly , his poor showing was for the same reason as that of much of the European contingent . |
| 2 | There were so many children that each one of the mothers and nursemaids thought that he must belong to somebody else , but as he was about the same size as the children and not much different to look at , he was able to make friends with some of them . |
| 3 | He was about the same height as his wife but he looked stooped now , and he was wearing a dressing-gown ; normally he was the epitome of tweedy country-squiredom , an archetypal laird in three-piece suit , clumpy shoes , checked shirt and cap ; he resorted to a beaten-up , much reproofed Barbour when the weather turned particularly foul . |
| 4 | ‘ I felt I could do that with you , but it was more difficult with her — partly because she was about the same age as me probably . ’ |
| 5 | She was about the same age as his own daughter but she looked as if she had the troubles of the world on her . |
| 6 | He was only about four when he died and I think it was totally unexpected , because I believe that the doctor who had tended him had remarked previously that he wished his own son , who was about the same age as Thomas Isaac , had been as robust . |
| 7 | The hijacker was about the same age as him , but not so big . |
| 8 | Charles was about the same age as Richie and had something of the same military bearing . |
| 9 | Apart from the deliberate references to Theodoric and Charlemagne , which are intended to show that Frederick Barbarossa was of the same mould as these great heroes , the description of the Kaiserslauten palace is especially interesting . |
| 10 | It seemed inconceivable that he was of the same race as the two vibrancers sitting near him ; inconceivable , too , that they shared his art . |
| 11 | He wrote a preface to David Jones 's In Parenthesis in which he noted the fact that Jones was of the same generation as Pound and himself ; he also wrote a preface to Lewis 's One-Way Song and described him as one of those who had been falsely labelled by " the Messenmensch " as a fascist but nevertheless chose " to walk alone " . |
| 12 | This observed acidification was greatest in the lakes at high elevation and was of the same magnitude as the current precipitation acidity in the region , that is pH 4.2 ( or 63 u eq/l ) , although mountain-top locations are frequently enveloped in cloud and mist characterized by very low pH values ( e.g. pH 3.6 or 250 u eq/l ) . |
| 13 | The greatcoat was of the same colour as the tunic , with gold-piped collar , red-faced lapels , and five pairs of gold buttons . |
| 14 | The Danish government was of the same opinion as regards the registration of ships in general . |
| 15 | The moquette was of the same design as used by the UndergrounD Group ( q.v . ) . |
| 16 | He was of the same cut as Piers , tall and dark , but his face was more animated , his eyes not so heavy-lidded and languorous . |
| 17 | No one else was of the same mind as he . |
| 18 | He was in the same mould as Neubauer , the Mercedes manager : not flamboyant , but an ice-cold organiser , logical and rational . |
| 19 | But the pope was in the same position as everyone else in having no clear procedure for reaching a decision . |
| 20 | ‘ The will ’ , continued Mr Brownlow , speaking for him , ‘ was in the same spirit as the letter . |
| 21 | He was in the same three-ball as Garth McGimpsey , Ulsters top amateur and contender for next week 's British Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush . |
| 22 | She was in the same year as Humber , and had the same brisk efficiency , but was much more friendly . |
| 23 | He was in the same year as Mr Morpurgo — and Mr Dysart . |
| 24 | She said she was in the same boat as himself and kept her fist closed tight in the pocket of her overall on the one and ninepence Uncle Vernon had given her earlier . |
| 25 | He was so thick that I was in the same form as Dan . |
| 26 | I am not saying that that had anything to do with the fact that Brigadier Crawley was in the same regiment as Lieutenant-Colonel Inkin , who is the chairman of the Cardiff Bay development corporation . |
| 27 | It is interesting that it was in the same period as that of the large-scale production of holy prints on paper that the ( moveable ) canvas began to replace the wall-fresco as the most common base material for painting . |
| 28 | Or sixty two rather but his father lived until he was eighty six and his father was the District Goods and Passenger Manager at Cambridge and er later on , of course , er when he was old enough , he , he was in the same office as his father was but not the same position , you see , but he was a clerk , a railway clerk , and his brother was Stationmaster of Colchester and his grandfather was also a Stationmaster and that would be in Queen Victoria 's reign when , when railways first began and then again , you see , in those first days , you see , when there were highwaymen and that sort of thing erm signalmen , signalmen were issued with a truncheon for their own safety , you see , and I 've got one . |
| 29 | As I 'm not only an Old Benedictine , but was in the same set as Matron — God help me ! — no-one 'll object after that . |
| 30 | It was the fastest hundred in a Test match in England since the heady days of 1981 , and as a gambler 's last throw , it was in the same class as Botham 's 149 . |