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

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1 Among the customs prevalent in gaols were those such as garnish , fotting or chummage , which all gave the same message to newcomers — ‘ pay or strip ’ .
2 IBM Corp 's personal computer business was around the break-even level or may have been profitable in the first three months of this year , the president of IBM Personal Computer Co Robert Corrigan told the New York Times : he says he thinks ‘ people will be surprised at how quickly we 're bringing this business back , ’ and that it should be solidly profitable before year-end ; problem is that its closest rivals , Compaq Computer Corp and Dell Computer Corp , which both faced the same problems as IBM , adjusted to the change in the market much more quickly , and rushed appropriate machines out while IBM procrastinated , so that they are already strongly profitable while IBM is still having to build up momentum .
3 ‘ I think we all ate the same … ’
4 We all ate the same .
5 Mother replied , ‘ But it is nice to be different ; people are all different and it would be boring if we all looked the same . ’
6 At bombs away , I know we all had the same feeling .
7 So that was our first se good school , as you may say then and then within about four years they built Tanys Dell and erm we just you know , we formed a quite a a a very good community here because we were all people from different areas we all had the same problems trying to re-adjust in a new place and I think then , we had more relationship with , with our neighbours than people are having today .
8 But we all had the same challenge .
9 How would you share it out so we all got the same ?
10 I dyed my hair every colour under the sun , and I was in this all-women band , we wore lots and lots of make-up and these really baggy dresses in wild colours , which covered our whole bodies — we all dressed the same .
11 Apart from the Monster , we all did the same — even Auntie .
12 We both had the same instinct .
13 But I never dared to think we should discover that we both felt the same way .
14 Although there was nine years between them , there was no doubt that they were brother and sister ; they each had the same deep intense eyes that were their dead father 's legacy , and Patrick had inherited his father 's square chin , and wiry black hair .
15 They all looked the same to him .
16 Circles , squares , triangles , they all looked the same to them .
17 they all looked the same , they all had iron stakes in , they were there to strengthen the breaker in case a big wave came .
18 They all watched the door as it opened and Donald 's face poked round the edge , and then they all looked at each other and they all thought the same thought : Now ?
19 In their own way they all felt the same .
20 ‘ Well , I went to clinics , I went to specialists , they poked and they peered and they prodded , they took X-rays , they did tests , I do n't know what they did n't do , and they all said the same thing .
21 I 've travelled up and down the country in the past few months , I 've spoken to union branches , I 've spoken to regional councils , regional committees , party meetings , general committees , regional conferences , and they all said the same .
22 Yeah , but they all said the same thing do n't they ?
23 But then to us they all had the same accent — they were just Yanks , chewing gum , blocking our paths wherever we went , aggravatingly sure of themselves and their instant appeal to all females who had n't actually got one foot in the grave .
24 They all had the same voice , she said .
25 If you shared it out between three people how many so they all got the same how many would they get ?
26 Therefore , the ultimate haemostatic rate may be higher if they all received the same injection again .
27 ‘ Well they were townies you know , ’ she finally says , ‘ and it looked to me that when townies hung out together they all dressed the same , did the same things , went to the same places and I was really different .
28 But they all used the same broad highway .
29 Because they all spoke the same language of fidelity , of joint interests and common belief , the great assembly could bring men together with their royal lord psychologically as well as physically .
30 And Steffi Graf earned £130,000 MORE than fellow countryman Boris Becker , although they both played the same number of official tournaments — 15 .
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