Example sentences of "on the same [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 Oh we were brought up together all on the same vicinity for over the years you get to know one another and and erm thoroughly enjoy ourselves .
2 In the event , the water is far from hot — the EOKA gunmen who were once interned in this camp probably relied on the same boiler for water , and I am sure it was with a wry sense of humour that the Greek Cypriot government allocated St David 's Camp to the British contingent of the UN Forces in Cyprus .
3 But instead of waiting on the same platform for an Edgware train , they made their way up to the British Rail terminus , and in the men 's lavatory the bear got into his bear suit .
4 Four of 252 's Beaufighters had been destroyed on the ground during air raids while on Malta and the remaining four left on the same day for Gibraltar on the first leg of the flight back to England , each carrying three aboard instead of the usual crew of two .
5 Elections were held on the same day for the 216 elective seats in the ( enlarged ) National Assembly , with voters choosing between two candidates in most constituencies ; eight candidates were returned unopposed , among them six serving Cabinet ministers .
6 Yet , you may well be doing just that when you write one press release for the former magazine and another on the same subject for the latter because both publications are on your public relations media schedule as targets .
7 Such an event normally takes us to Dartmoor or Exmoor , has run on the same basis for the last few years and is planned to the last minute — so why the meeting ?
8 She had been sleeping on the same step for three nights .
9 They were randomly assigned to receive either the oleic , linoleic , or eicosapentaenoic acid supplemented diet and were continued on the same diet for at least four weeks before entering the experimental protocols .
10 He had worked the same hours , on the same farm for nine years but he was paid as a casual labourer , and so had no right to a pension , to notice pay — not even to the right of appeal .
11 The most suitable are those which tuck on the same needles for two or four rows .
12 It is possible to have a pattern that tucks on the same needles for 12 rows , providing the needles are not adjacent to each other and providing the yarn used is fairly thin .
13 Our average daily sale of 532,370 from May to October was up almost 13 per cent on the same period for last year .
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