Example sentences of "[vb past] with the same " in BNC.

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1 Nay , would I were so anger 'd with the same !
2 It happened with the same naturalness that had first drawn them together , and in taking her he felt the greatest fulfilment of his life .
3 Firms like ICI or Ford might , as in earlier years , have been able to build larger or more technically advanced sets for their own electricity supplies , but faced with the same shortages of steel and skilled men as the supply industry , they were now less inclined to branch out in this way , particularly as the BEA were selling electricity to them at prices based on historic costs , even though the new power stations were costing more .
4 Some of the letters were in ballpoint , some in a big fat lazy hand in heavy black ink , only twenty-six words on the page , some typed ( some well-typed , some mis-typed ) ; but despite these differences , each letter began with the same phrase : My Dear Boy .
5 If you wanted to be happy in life , then you had to find an occupation that began with the same letter as your surname .
6 He brushed with the same dead regard the face of the man his agents were still seeking in the matter of the Leicester treason , and Brother John gazed back at him earnestly and impartially , and was moved to distant pity .
7 But we stuck with the same tune that Wally had come up with .
8 ‘ Wrote to each other for a while , ’ he echoed with the same derisive twist to his mouth .
9 Some competitions provide a warm-up area matted with the same material as the actual competition area .
10 The children persisted with the same piece of writing from week to week , taking up from where they had left off usually without a murmur .
11 The previous day members of Raughley SAC ( Sligo ) led by Ian Parke fished with the same skipper and recorded large numbers of coalfish to 8lbs , pollack to 10lbs and ling to 12lbs .
12 She moved nearer , her silks and veils rustling about her , and we all watched with the same affection that she invoked from family and friends alike .
13 Peter Conrad , writing in the Observer , started with the same query as Mr Burgess about the subtitle , but took a very different view : ‘ Andrew Motion 's superb biography of Philip Larkin has a quietly provocative subtitle — ‘ A Writer 's Life ’ .
14 She saw baggies , their heads clouded in violent imminence , shooting Chesarynth , who fell with the same gut-twisting thud that Ember 's flesh had made .
15 The Seven Poetic Waltzes by Granados were marvellously poised and contrasted with the same composer 's extrovert Concert Allegro that succeeded them .
16 Joanne spoke with the same contempt Jacqui had shown for the high achievements of forensic science .
17 They make it for you , ’ he said with the same lack of expression .
18 I had hoped , ’ he continued with the same bitterness she was using , ‘ that you might have calmed down by now . ’
19 Moran responded with the same simplicity .
20 With all my might I stamped at its head , but missed it by a couple of inches ; again I stamped with the same extraordinary result ; but with the third stamp I caught the poor little creature and crushed it to pulp , and yet it gave one more thrust with its tiny legs and then lay still .
21 The skin was discoloured and quite swollen , but the burning sensation had eased and his whole hand no longer throbbed with the same intense pain .
22 In classifying people as persistent readers , we have allowed them to switch between different individual papers , provided they stayed with the same paper-type .
23 I had n't noticed this picture much while she was alive , but now she was dead it seemed as if her eyes sparkled with the same vitality that they had appeared to possess when I had seen her lying cold on her straw mattress a few days earlier .
24 When this apprenticeship ended , on 11 March 1749 , he remained with the same firm as a clerk .
25 If the arts are ultimately indistinguishable from the social sciences then they are tainted , tarred with the same unpopular brush .
26 Roman looked at her in a way that made Claudia want to curl up and die , and she was n't on the receiving end , only tarred with the same brush .
27 I mean it just appalled me I think that we are all of us , if you like to a degree , tarred with the same brush are n't we ?
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