Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb past] the same " in BNC.

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1	Unknown to them , she had been one of Tiller 's favourite leading ladies around 1906 , but when the work offers stopped she faced the same bleak future confronting all dancers who feel too old to dance .
2	All the pictures he showed me looked the same messy blur but he insisted he could make out the individual features of each person .
3	‘ 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 .
4	By the time the train reached Ealing Broadway they had been in and out of every car and as the train returned they followed the same routine .
5	The EC decided she had the same right to benefits as a man or a single woman .
6	But when he talked he looked the same as he had always done ; eager , intent , screwing up his boneless nose , gesturing with broad , stubby-fingered hands .
7	I thought you wanted the same approach .
8	They all thought she saw the same in the mirror as they saw every day .
9	Jack froze , not knowing what he should do , and when he looked at Steve beside him , he knew he felt the same .
10	And just as surely she knew he wanted the same thing .
11	I asked whether he thought he had the same difficulties as his father :
12	I thought he felt the same about me ; perhaps he did in the beginning .
13	When they arrived at Ken 's bedside , Jack thought he looked the same as ever , but Mrs Lomax was both optimistic and decisive .
14	I just said they had the same molecular formula
15	She felt sad and hoped he felt the same .
16	He said he had the same ability as Wino but pointed out that he ( Gray ) was injured at 16 and never fully recovered , so his potential would have been even greater than it turned out .
17	I blurted out to Dominic how I had been feeling and to my astonishment and relief he said he felt the same — trapped and resentful . ’

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