Example sentences of "and [verb] the same [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The pair became good friends and shared the same haughty view of their futures .
2 Running around in circles and seeing the same old thing defeats half the purpose .
3 Scientists believe human laughter has an evolutionary origin and is linked with monkeys who grin and display the same shoulder-shaking signs .
4 Afterwards he dipped his own thumb into the bowl and made the same yellow mark on Chola 's forehead .
5 The Pump Wagon is heavily constructed and has the same basic profile as a chariot .
6 We swallowed hard , stiffened our upper lip , and decided to ‘ see it through ’ by shutting our eyes and applying the same old formula regardless — a constitution , a mace , a copy of Erskine May , a Speaker 's chair and national independence .
7 As members of one of the world 's elite fighting forces , they have to gain the coveted green beret and undergo the same rigorous selection and training exercises as all other Royal Marines .
8 NT supports symmetric multi-processing , and uses the same parallel streams communication architecture model as Sequent .
9 Where the Rules apply , a solicitor must hold a current practising certificate and meet the same fundamental professional standards as those set out in the introduction to this Chapter as reflected in r1 of the Solicitors ' Practice Rules ( which is in fact reproduced in its entirety in the Overseas Practice Rules ) .
10 It is built of the same materials and shows the same Moorish features of decoration and construction ( 415 ) .
11 They have all been given legal status in the country and enjoy the same social welfare benefits as Nicaraguans .
12 But he never wanted to do anything but sit in his study , go to the university and give the same old lectures , year after year .
13 Social works are similarly influenced and exhibit the same pessimistic assumptions about the abilities of older people .
14 It was hand woven of sheep 's wool and dyed the same deep indigo colour as her mask .
15 In contrast , Piaroa minimize gender differences and maintain the same normative code of non-violent behaviour for both males and females .
16 Only one was emphatic that he did not wish his son to take over and have the same hard life as himself .
17 They had had four years ' grind up and down the country with uncomfortable lodgings , often very bad theatres and performing the same limited repertoire week after week , month after month .
18 They sounded the same and wore the same white overalls , but Mr Smith had cloven hands — like a hoof with wiry brown hair — sticking from the starched overall sleeves .
19 There had even been times when he 'd found himself imagining her with no clothes on at all — the way he had once seen Peggy Podmore — and felt the same keen desire well up in him .
20 The paper went on to consider the question of ‘ The Grading of Murders ’ , traversing the same ground as a Royal Commission would do six years later , and reaching the same negative conclusions , except that Ede rejected the idea of giving the jury any discretion :
21 The atoms of the two metals have similar sizes and carry the same electrical charge .
22 But many bureaux who are dependent on volunteers have nevertheless kept up with these increased demands and offer the same in-depth service that bureaux staffed with paid workers offer .
23 Conventionality and Contrast together allow speakers to be consistent from one occasion to the next in their uses of the conventional meanings assigned to linguistic forms , and to maintain the same form-meaning pairings over time .
24 And this would explain a further problem affecting the order of things in the quarto : this song comes between the Dialogue of Coridon and Mopsa — the Haymakers ' scene — and the Dance of Haymakers which directly follows it in the score and belongs to it musically in every way : both are in G major and a quick 6/4 , and share the same bucolic atmosphere as well as their thematic material , whereas ‘ When I have often heard young maids complaining ’ is a sophisticated song in C major and stately triple time .
25 Ann and Beth had married into farming families and had the same careworn faces and workworn hands as had his wife and mother .
26 I once saw Hyde too and had the same strong feelings of dislike for him as you did .
27 She was in the same year as Humber , and had the same brisk efficiency , but was much more friendly .
28 Very often bream have remarkably fixed movements and follow the same watery paths day by day .
29 Emelia Kanthack commented that she ‘ always approached my East End patients with my very best manners and extended the same little courteous considerations to them that I would have served towards a lady ’ .
30 That was quite nice , to see somebody that I 'd been in prison with and still be able to sit down and talk the same old way .
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