Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] the same way " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I started the same way last year , ’ he said . |
| 2 | I talked the same way at his age , fighting my rogue aitches and glottal stops . |
| 3 | I felt the same way a horse must have when confronted with a steam engine . |
| 4 | She laughed the same way as when I 'd first seen her . |
| 5 | I had one friend from another house who felt the same way as I did about the school and the whole process we were being put through . |
| 6 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |
| 7 | I was sure you felt the same way . |
| 8 | Of course , I 've always loved her but I 'd no idea she felt the same way about me until she told me this afternoon . |
| 9 | The last time they went to the rock , everything began the same way as usual . |
| 10 | If they thought the same way as Joe Punter , they 'd be Joe Punter , and somebody else would be having all the fun . ’ |
| 11 | On 10 March 1736 the Revd James Clegg , a Nonconformist minister and apothecary from Chinley in the heart of the Peak District , noted in his diary : ‘ An ancient man came for advice and brought a water [ a urine sample ? ] from beyond Southwell in Nottinghamshire , on foot , about 36 miles ’ ; no doubt he returned the same way . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought it was food poisoning because I had prepared fish which I had not cooked properly and when the doctor arrived he thought the same way . |
| 13 | ‘ He went the same way as your mother . ’ |
| 14 | She knew she was in love with him , but did n't know if he felt the same way about her . |
| 15 | If more of us thought the same way , this country would n't be in such a mess . |