Example sentences of "back [prep] [adv] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | He dragged a bag out , turned it round and pushed it back in exactly the same position . |
| 2 | So I remind myself that it does n't really matter about things being put back in exactly the same place in the cupboard , or precisely the same brand of tea being bought , or the carrots being cut to exactly the right dimensions . |
| 3 | ‘ My great fear , ’ he told the Society of Conservative Accountants last month , ‘ is that we will be back in just the same position again in the next recession . |
| 4 | My fear is that we will be back in just the same position again in the next recession . |
| 5 | Yet , with very few exceptions , they succeed in getting back to exactly the same stretch of river where they hatched . |
| 6 | They live their first few months in the river , then migrate downstream to the sea ; they spend two or three years in feeding and growing out at sea , during which they cover thousands of miles ; and when mature , they migrate back to exactly the same river , and same tributary , as they were born in . |
| 7 | At the end of every clawing tack we found ourselves back at almost the same place we had started ; we began to learn the realities of life aboard a Bugis prahu . |