Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [v-ing] [art] same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , oh aye I Yes , we You had to measure , and in those days , the councils were grouped in what they called Assessment Committee Areas , and each were wor making sure the other areas were using the same sort of basis . |
| 2 | Within a generation or two aristocratic Christians were pursuing the same interests as their pagan ancestors . |
| 3 | Other right-wing intellectuals were making the same point . |
| 4 | The main anxiety about diet which I heard expressed , at least by the administration , was that with the introduction of ‘ fast food ’ facilities , prisoners were showing the same dietary self-destructive tendencies as young teenagers traditionally have done . |
| 5 | Almost as many men died behind the lines as did from going over the top , an old sergeant told Charlie , and it did n't help to know that the Germans were suffering the same problems a few hundred yards away . |
| 6 | A team of over 100 scientists was working to produce a weapon of almost inconceivable power , ‘ their moral scruples overcome by the fascination of the research and the haunting fear that the Germans were following the same path ’ . |
| 7 | Other young fellows were doing the same thing ; we used to meet and recognize each other and compare notes — and pretty scathing we were at times with what we found . |
| 8 | When the Muslim– Druze revolt against Chamoun began with fierce street fighting in Beirut , the Christians noted that the Muslims were using the same pan-Arab rhetoric as Nasser . |
| 9 | As , yet again , Britain started its mopping up operation , tired rescue workers , tearful home owners and others were asking the same question : Whatever caused the heavens to open ? |
| 10 | The conductor pushed the door open and peered up the train to see that others were doing the same . |
| 11 | The others were doing the same jobs they had during peacetime : baker , steward , purser , electrician , storekeeper . |
| 12 | On a pure labour law test , on the other hand , it might be said that the fact that the employees were doing the same kind of work on the same machines should be enough to amount to a transfer of a business . |
| 13 | LONG before we started telling naive people to take what they were told with a pinch of salt , the Romans were issuing the same advice in the form of ‘ cum grano salis ’ , which was actually a mild pun . |