Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] the same " in BNC.
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1 | Without turning round he said in a harsh voice : ‘ If you want to know about Inez , Mr Wycliffe , you must ask Sara , the two of them lived in the same house for nearly twelve years . |
2 | Christian Democrats voted by 66 to 28 to accept the Tories as ‘ allied members ’ , allowing them to sit in the same group as the Christian Democrats in the Strasbourg Euro-parliament from May 1 . |
3 | We might , therefore , expect them to work in the same sort of way as the visual system . |
4 | Now what I 'm wondering is this : instead of thinking that staying put is natural , and then having to introduce a force of gravity — which then mysteriously pulls on everything to make them behave in the same way — why not start out by saying that falling is the natural thing to do ! |
5 | There are at least ten or a dozen different principal textures , but it would be unusual to find a large number of them used in the same piece . |
6 | so that modifications could be introduced in the physical , social or educational environments of these children which would help them achieve at the same level of conceptual development as is found in children from western societies . |
7 | She has had fifty governments since the end of the war , many of them dominated by the same personalities and the same political party . |
8 | It takes them back into the past and helps them relax at the same time . |
9 | And , the discomfort is made even more acute when two or three of them arrive by the same post . |
10 | Six of them originated from the same bar on Corfu — 500 miles from the island of Kos where Ben first vanished . |
11 | As one jaundiced critic put it in 1733 : " A set of brocaded tradesmen cloathed in purple and fine linen , and faring sumptuously every day , raising to themselves immense wealth , so as to marry their daughters to the first rank , and leave their sons such estates as to enable them to live in the same degree . |
12 | And then other firms did that and er they was the same people nearly , got their own lines and it was worse that was , so they got onto the same lines and er the competition became then financial |
13 | Presumably the washed-up film hoofer and the prima ballerina are thinking about each other as a preliminary to working together , falling in love and starting a bright new phase of their respective careers together ; and no doubt their movements ‘ unconsciously ’ fall into a complementary rhythm as they dance to the same music . |
14 | More generally on durability , it seems that the requirement that the goods be of merchantable quality is a continuing requirement that they will continue to be of merchantable quality for a reasonable period after delivery so long as they remain in the same apparent state as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear . |
15 | In Lambert v. Lewis ( 1981 H.L. ) Lord Diplock said that the condition of fitness for purpose was a continuing obligation ‘ that the goods will continue to be fit for that purpose for a reasonable time after delivery , so long as they remain in the same apparent state and condition as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear . ’ |
16 | It should not be assumed from these statements that they do not move at all-they can be quite active at high tide by night but that they remain within the same general area of shore . |
17 | They lived in the same apartment block and often dined together , creating unfounded rumours that they were having an affair . |
18 | Samuel was the more prolific pamphleteer , but according to Edwards , mother and son collaborated closely , ‘ the one inditing and the other writing ’ , and they lived in the same house at least until the end of 1652 . |
19 | Thus , while trade unionists wished old people to be kept at a level of economic decency , they realized at the same time that pensions without a retirement condition would erode the wage structure and weaken trade union bargaining . |
20 | If they sit at the same or adjacent desks they have a spatial bond . |
21 | If they sit at the same or adjacent desks they have a spatial bond . |
22 | They change in the same society over time ; for example , when one society is at war with another , some people are actively encouraged to wound and kill other people from the enemy group . |
23 | And they make to the same place to their feed . |
24 | There are new flat roof systems about which are supposed to be better , but they suffer from the same inherent disadvantages as their earlier counterparts . |
25 | ‘ Oh no ! ’ they exclaimed at the same time . |
26 | Do they behave in the same way syntactically , or , to put it more accurately , do topics , like themes , have no syntax ? |
27 | If they report to the same boss they have an organizational bond ; if they are in different departments they have an organizational barrier . |
28 | If they report to the same boss they have an organizational bond ; if they are in different departments they have an organizational barrier . |
29 | In other words , they appear at the same time at widely separated localities . |
30 | They sleep in the same room with each other , and look beautiful when I am putting them to bed , jumping and hopping about quite naked , rejoicing in the freedom of no clothes . |