Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] the same thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They were doing the same thing as the driver ants , and for the same reasons . |
| 3 | Now this woman , a complete stranger , was saying the same thing because she was with Nathan . |
| 4 | Now he was saying the same thing . |
| 5 | I went down from the upper grandstand as fast as I could , which was far too slowly because everyone else was doing the same thing . |
| 6 | Erm but this is more or less , indigenous within the engineering industry , there is even inherent within an engineering mind , and I 'm not with the planners or the technical experts , but even in the ordinary lay engineer , he looks to be able to do the job more efficiently , with the materials that he has in hand er and possibly introduce a new type of tool if he can get the proper material , and likewise the employer was doing the same thing . |
| 7 | I had found myself staggering from one situation to the next … we decided then that I was doing the same thing wrong you see , and so we looked at the actual practice … |
| 8 | They should have had more definite targets , because it was a bit , everyone , at one point everyone was doing the same thing , , through the words which |
| 9 | He glanced at Ho , and knew that he was thinking the same thing . |
| 10 | She was silent a moment , thoughtful , and knew he was thinking the same thing . |
| 11 | Cora-Beth was thinking the same thing as she watched Harry partner one of her former school friends on the dance floor . |
| 12 | No doubt he was thinking the same thing . |
| 13 | ‘ I was thinking the same thing , ’ David said calmly . |