Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [art] same " in BNC.

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1 Then , having settled their men and their stewards and their womenfolk , if they had any , they moved eastwards to do the same for themselves and for others along the course of the Forth , and to drift , with an inquisitive eye , through the hills and croplands that lay southwards in Northumbrian hands .
2 When we found it and after I had thanked every sea god for my luck and promised never to make the same stupid mistake again , I gingerly inspected the Seayak for damage .
3 But Des points out that everybody else on this road is running anyway , and if we want to stay unnoticed we 'd better do the same .
4 Then I figured I 'd better try the same approach on guitar , so I put a really high nut on this old Gibson Melody Maker and I started using bottleneck on it .
5 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 .
6 If PR turned out to have the same results in Britain , it would be a pact with the devil . ’
7 Marek went on to tell the same story as Tait had narrated to Blanche the day before in the circling car — of a brave man who was betrayed , tortured , castrated and shot .
8 Everyone in the stand went home saying the same thing — I 'd have got that one .
9 The 1952 Works Constitution Law spread workers ' powers more widely across German industry , although this act did not give the same degree of influence as was provided in the coal and steel industries .
10 Walter Luff did not make the same mistakes as his predecessor , and paralleled the extensive improvements on the tramway by a redevelopment office of the bus system , including the sacrifice of two heavily-trafficked tram routes to bus operation .
11 Whilst we did not expect the same standard of play we should have expected something better .
12 Bryan Thomson did not reach the same hole till four hours later .
13 At present , we did not pay the same attention to the commercial development of our country that other nations paid to their development on those lines .
14 People did not stay the same .
15 A former Minister of the Republic of Ireland told me recently that sovereignty did not mean the same for the people of Ireland as it did for us .
16 The density of lamina propria lymphocytes was somewhat increased in most groups of coeliac patients , but this showed considerable variability and did not exhibit the same relationship to dietary status ( Table ) .
17 Zuwaya probably used marriages to create alliances with members of other lineages living in the same place , and to maintain connection with members of the same lineage living in different places , even though they did not feel the same ecological pressures as the members of the Saadi confederation .
18 Regrettably , he did not feel the same way .
19 It did not feel the same with Tom .
20 ‘ I … ’ she began , bewildered , the pain in her lip did not send the same honeyed message to her body , ‘ I do n't know … . ’
21 If I am wrong , I should be surprised and disappointed if the so called ‘ rule of reason ’ and the purposive approach displayed by the Court of Justice of the European Communities in its application of such articles as 30 and 36 did not achieve the same answer .
22 Unfortunately , many of her goods at Sotheby 's did not attract the same rapt attention as did Mr Patiño 's .
23 The historical reasons underlying the emergence of these principles , as explained by Dixon J. in Yerkey v. Jones , 63 C.L.R. 649 , may explain why cases , in which there had been no disposition of property by the surety wife but merely the acceptance by her of a contractual obligation to pay her husband 's debts , did not attract the same approach as the cases in which security over property had been given .
24 The conclusion can be drawn that Roman Britain did not attain the same degree of monetisation as the Mediterranean cities .
25 Federalism did not prevent the same trends occurring in the United States , especially under Roosevelt 's New Deal — demonstrating the increasing irrelevance of the distinction between federal and unitary states in an era which generates overwhelming pressures towards a more centralized state .
26 Journalists enjoyed easy access to Mr Ashdown , who , as the leader of the third party , did not suffer the same pressures as his counterparts .
27 The other boys concerned , who had won nothing , did not suffer the same public shame .
28 For Elizabeth Gould , however , this ornithological cornucopia right on the doorstep did not hold the same all-encompassing fascination .
29 Some engineering companies had experienced a decline in demand for their traditional output and were moving into new areas which , if more buoyant , did not offer the same continuity as those in which they had previously operated .
30 At a meeting soon afterwards , and having laid out its draft proposal for Newton , it had been given permission to go ahead with detailed planning although it did not offer the same safety provisions .
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