Example sentences of "being [prep] the same [noun sg] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He loved being in the same film as James Mason . |
| 2 | Sure , there were specialist writers on individual sports who were of unimpeachable quality , but when it came to the Big Event , or the Big Interview , McIlvanney was the one whom we read with both pleasure and despair — emotions generated by the pride at being in the same trade as the main , and by the realization of his supremacy . |
| 3 | When it comes to pay and conditions at work we 're nowhere near being in the same class as our European counterparts . |
| 4 | She would get through the next few days of being in the same house as Piers and then she would leave , and she would somehow get through the rest of her life without him . |
| 5 | ‘ Being in the same side as people like Rob Andrew can only do me good . |
| 6 | The small businessman may not think of himself as being in the same league as the Maxwells and Murdochs of this world but if he produces leaflets , price lists , brochures or any other form of printed material , he has some degree of affinity with them . |
| 7 | Charlie might have quite enjoyed the lesson if Trentham had n't left the impression that none of them was worthy of being in the same regiment as himself . |
| 8 | She gently reminded me that on being in the same room as a baby , the same borough , I became about as relaxed and spontaneous as any old member of the royal family being introduced to Lech Walesa . |
| 9 | Aware that she was causing David a deal of agony just being in the same room as Luther , Beth turned to him now , saying with some tenderness , ‘ And you , David ? |
| 10 | Mr Heathcliff ca n't bear being in the same room as him ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ That is , if you do n't mind being in the same room as me for a few minutes ? ’ |
| 12 | He had managed to strip her of all her protective layers , and just being in the same room as him made her feel vulnerable and helpless . |
| 13 | Just being in the same room as him sent shivers of something down her spine that up to now she had never experienced . |
| 14 | It exists all the more by being in the same place as power . |
| 15 | More of the helplessness of simply not being on the same wavelength as the person you were supposed to be closest to . |
| 16 | Despite being on the same latitude as Stockholm and Churchill ( Canada ) it was a renowned stock-rearing area . |
| 17 | Barnes added : ‘ Being on the same pitch as that other bloke Barnes would be a dream because only two years ago I was putting up the nets on Sunday mornings for my hospital team . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll enjoy being on the same pitch as Tony Dorigo , who is probably the best No 3 in the country for composure on the ball when going forward . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , if we adjust the above findings , they suggest that almost 40% of the public feel that mentally handicapped people should be segregated from the rest of society ; around the same proportion would dislike the idea of a mentally handicapped child being at the same school as their child and around 70% feel that mentally handicapped people should not be allowed to marry and have children . |