Example sentences of "the same colour " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she returned she was dressed in plain creamy pink trousers flared all the way , a short Kamiz of the same colour but with a pattern of small gold stars and a matching Dupatta . |
| 2 | She had the same colour hair , all yellow and curly , and she walked in just the same way , sort of little bouncing steps . |
| 3 | The natural plaster was exactly the same colour as the pink in the brick , while the yellow in the brick was the same colour as the Rayburn , so it all started to pull together . |
| 4 | The natural plaster was exactly the same colour as the pink in the brick , while the yellow in the brick was the same colour as the Rayburn , so it all started to pull together . |
| 5 | Being the same colour , you feel more at home . |
| 6 | All the walls were painted a sickly green : the same colour , thought Marie , as mushy peas . |
| 7 | ‘ The plants are sometimes wrongly labelled and boxes of mixed plants have been known to come up all the same colour . ’ |
| 8 | A rare form of Jack in the Green in which the calyx is striped along its length with the same colour as the flower . |
| 9 | Or perhaps I could n't tell , blood being the same colour as the jersey , but there was no great wet patch . |
| 10 | Some Palestinians with relatives in Lebanon were later to change their nationality and become Lebanese , but most of the refugees were classed as non-citizens and given a pale brown passport — the same colour as the old British Palestine passport — with a cedar tree printed on the front . |
| 11 | He knocked boldly on the door of this house , and there was a rustling , and creaking , and the door opened a tiny crack , and there stood a little man , with a face as grey as morning ashes , and a long woolly beard the same colour . |
| 12 | Red is used by one major manufacturer but this is difficult to reconcile with the use of the same colour for acid products . |
| 13 | On this form , the applicant signs a declaration that , to the best of his knowledge , the sire and dam do not suffer from hip dysplasia , entropion , undershot or overshot jaw , wrymouth , incomplete dentition , extreme shyness of or viciousness towards people , total absence of tan marking , yellow bird-of-prey eyes or eyes that are not the same colour , white markings . |
| 14 | Her only other fashion rule is always to make sure her shoes and tights are the same colour , making her 5ft 5 inches seem to stretch up just a little further . |
| 15 | According to the map it was there , but the fact that the dwellings seemed half hidden by the trees and were the same colour as the desert gave me a tinge of doubt . |
| 16 | It had a square neck and a deep square cut collar of the same colour as the lining . |
| 17 | It was extremely difficult for me to write down one good characteristic about myself , let alone ten , and it was quite evident that whereas I saw myself as perpetually black , I saw my wife , Joyce as shining white and a lot of other people in the same colour . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , they played in blue strips and Nicholas could not face the prospect of signing for a team that wore the same colour of shirts as Rangers , and so he returned to Celtic Boys Club to await his calling from Paradise . |
| 19 | And so the records went on — ‘ a cap be presented to those members who perform the hat trick ’ , ‘ all hat trick caps to be the same colour ’ . |
| 20 | The 2D has the same colour quality and light output as an ordinary 100 W light bulb but it uses only 21 W of electricity ( 16 W for the lamp and 5 W for the control gear ) . |
| 21 | The refugees , small wiry people dressed in rags the same colour as the desert , huddle in the shelters , crouch in the shade behind the buildings , or in groups around the places where relief teams distribute what little food there is . |
| 22 | Unlike some couturiers Madame did not mind if her model girls did not have the same colour hair but she did insist on identical styles . |
| 23 | Some will enjoy looking round the class for things that are the same colour , or might like to try to copy the pattern of a simple fabric , if provided with similar shapes and colour paints to enable them to experiment . |
| 24 | Jill : Yes , and they are all the same colour . |
| 25 | Children often match the colours of their equipment , but sometimes the smallest spade is the same colour as the largest bucket and further conversation can be encouraged as they discover it is not always easier to fill a small bucket with a large spade , than to fill a large bucket with a small spade . |
| 26 | Everything was the same colour — floor , walls , ceiling , door , the three cylindrical grain containers in the comer . |
| 27 | His face was the same colour as that of the King when the royal cohort arrived from the palace . |
| 28 | The doctor was very tall and had hair nearly the same colour as Corrie 's . |
| 29 | A formal aquascape can be tailored to compliment the decor of the room , following the same colour scheme and style . |
| 30 | Juveniles and non-breeding adults have much the same colour , being pale silver with a black stripe running from the eye to the caudal peduncle . |