Example sentences of "but he be the same " in BNC.

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1 The myth that a man makes has transformations according as he sees himself as hero or villain , as young or old , but it is essentially the same myth ; Tom Jones is not the same person , but he is the same myth as Squire Western ; Midshipman Easy is part of the same myth ; Falstaff is elevated above the myth to dwell on Olympus , more than a national character .
2 But he was the same , odd man , who had hung about at the church in boots at Faith Lavender 's funeral .
3 But he was the same as ever — just went in and did it in one take .
4 Marks had grown greyer , more hairy , more stringy in the years-since their last meeting but he was the same man , shrewd , cynical , and a cop to the bone .
5 He 's a year younger than Thomas but he was the same height
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