Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tolkien said that he ‘ disliked ’ Shakespeare ‘ cordially ’ , but he used exactly the same phrase of allegory too , where it concealed an opinion of some subtlety . |
| 2 | This is precisely what he had been attempting in " The Dry Salvages " , for example , and it is significant that he used much the same phrase in his demand that contemporary poetry should have such a strong relationship to current speech that " the listener or reader can say " that is how I should talk if I could talk poetry " . |
| 3 | I ca n't swear to the following but the headmaster said Basil was undoubtedly a gentleman , but he 'd rather not have his brother in case he turned out the same . |
| 4 | King Haakon , defeated by Alexander II of Scotland at the Battle of Largs in 1263 , fled to Orkney , where he died later the same year ; and Norse rule ended when King Christian I pledged Orkney as security for the dowry of his daughter , The Maid of Norway , sent as bride to King James III . |
| 5 | McLeish expressed qualified enthusiasm and Charlie assured him he felt exactly the same about his younger brother . |
| 6 | He felt much the same sensation now as he searched around for a fresh foothold . |
| 7 | Val Orford told me he felt much the same way . |
| 8 | He looked exactly the same except for his hair , which Hari had shaved off for his experiments and which had now grown into a furry black stubble through which the numbered segments of his skull could still be faintly perceived . |
| 9 | I bought him different clothes , and had his hair cut , but to me he looked just the same , and I lived in constant fear that he would be recognized by someone who had known him in the past . |
| 10 | At thirty-two , Malcolm McLaren was seven years older than Branson , yet he looked only the same age , possibly even younger : a short and wiry figure dressed in pointed boots , black jeans and a tight-fitting suit jacket of Italianate design . |
| 11 | He looked much the same as he did later , with a T-shirt and his 5000 volt haircut . |
| 12 | In Australia , he had rejuvenated a sport that had been declining for years ; in England , he did exactly the same , leaving people exhilarated by his team 's play wherever they went and creating a great new surge of interest in the game . |
| 13 | He had exactly the same expression on his face when I mentioned your name as you 've got now . |
| 14 | because he had exactly the same problems when he moved in |
| 15 | At the Brummel Club that evening , Ralph had n't changed his mind — he said exactly the same thing — after tonight 's gig you 're finished . |
| 16 | When he said much the same thing at the end of the Council , Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and the right-wing were up in arms at this ‘ humanism ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ He said much the same about you . ’ |