Example sentences of "[det] [v-ing] the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Evidence for this is so freely available even within a single language that it may be overlooked ; a random pair of examples from English , one abstract , one " concrete " , would be those in ( 40 ) and ( 41 ) , each showing the same notion present twice but only once in the guise of a noun : ( 40 ) the male ape has amazing strength the male ape is amazingly strong ( 41 ) Steve 's scarf was greasy there was grease on Steve 's scarf The question is not essentially affected by the need to enter certain caveats related to the superficial grammar of the language concerned ; thus in English , unlike for example Russian or Latin , there are relatively few nouns which can instantiate an entity without some article or other determiner playing a supporting part . |
| 32 | From that date , certain tram and trolleybus depôts and bus garages were renamed , in cases where there had been one of each bearing the same name . |
| 33 | Ann said they kept both wanting the same thing at the same time . |
| 34 | We 're both doing the same job , we 're both the same function , which is , find the next prime number up , from whatever number you 're given . |
| 35 | Yet they were both examining the same world . |
| 36 | Erm , that neither of them can be here , they 're both attending the same meeting , 'cos I think it 's going to slow down progress , if that 's the case . |
| 37 | Gedanken noted that they kept pace with each other , both showing the same number . |