Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [art] same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When my mother got off the train we walked across the road to the bus stop , only to find the same man jumping on the Kirkby bus . |
| 2 | Then the trouble would disappear and Robyn would heave a sigh of relief and smile at her luck , only to find the same thing happening a couple of miles down the road , and always after she 'd passed a garage or a phone box . |
| 3 | The inflation of land prices encouraged farmers who wanted to remain in the east to sell to the Commission only to buy the same land back again at a reduced price and pocket the difference . |
| 4 | TIF , and many other types of file , all to do the same job ? |
| 5 | But does not this suggest that we have only to learn the same lesson over again ? |
| 6 | This Adrian Mole , however , does not have acne or a girl-friend called Pandora , but is just a poor PE2 student unfortunate enough to have the same name as Sue Townsend 's fictional horror . |
| 7 | Top Nosh and air-conditioning servicing were shortly to go the same way . |
| 8 | ‘ Everyone in the industry is working harder than ever before , just to win the same amount of business . |
| 9 | Always to wear the same expression on one 's face whether one is going in or coming out ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ This little oasis is a great pleasure to everyone in the area and it would be a travesty if it were ever to go the same way as everywhere else in the Newbury district — for commercial gain . ’ |
| 11 | I stayed up late to clear things up , and got up early to do the same thing . |
| 12 | Although the Police Federation welcomes the Bill , it would prefer the basic offence of taking away without consent possibly to incur the same penalty as was available until 1988 , of up to three years ' custodial sentence . |
| 13 | The fall in commodity prices means that Third World countries must produce more to earn the same amount . |
| 14 | If demand is higher than expected , can I object if the manufacturer asks another producer also to make the same product ? |
| 15 | This will also explain why transfer values will go up if interest rates go down , as more has to be invested now to produce the same sum at retirement date . |
| 16 | Furthermore , during periods of inflation money incomes will normally rise together with prices and so more money will be required simply to purchase the same collection of goods and services . |
| 17 | The bird might then learn that a certain movement of its bill in relation to a milk bottle results in a meal ; and if the bird was then to perform the same activity on an unopened bottle it might break through the top for itself . |
| 18 | It 's very difficult then to exercise the same kind of partnership control which traditionally those firms had . |
| 19 | He also points out that a commitment to equality implies also a commitment to a state which will push everybody around until they are equal — Procrustes was a figure in Greek mythology who forced all those he came across to become the same height , either by chopping bits off or by using a rack to stretch their legs . |
| 20 | THE ARMY WAS AGAIN TO PERFORM THE SAME SERVICE FOR HIM IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH EXCEPT THAT NEXT TIME IT WAS A GUIDED TOUR OF THE COURSES OF ACTION WHICH WERE NOT OPEN TO HIS GOVERNMENT AS THE GENERAL STRIKE ORGANISED BY THE ULSTER WORKERS ' COUNCIL MOVED TO A CLIMAX . |
| 21 | He surfaces in different places from time to time : there he is at St Mary 's church in Finchley , North London , witnessing the marriage of sister Bessie and Alf Davidge in 1907 , then appearing as if from nowhere to perform the same function for Gertie and Frederick Foxwell in Norwich in 1911 . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , The Darkside have yet to cultivate the same trick , plying a sulky , introverted bedsit groove than which shows altogether too much reverence to an image of Lou Reed on downers . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , The Darkside have yet to cultivate the same trick , plying a sulky , introverted bedsit groove than which shows altogether too much reverence to an image of Lou Reed on downers . |
| 24 | Unfortunately in this country , we have yet to reach the same stage . |
| 25 | Secateurs have handles so they can pull apart to make the same size |
| 26 | With the years , it had seemed to get heavier , so that now she made only two excursions a week , mostly to the outskirts , making a point never to visit the same house more than twice a year . |
| 27 | He has made himself so by resolving never to make the same mistake twice . |