Example sentences of "was [prep] the same [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Lawrance J. was of the same opinion and for the same reasons . |
| 32 | The Danish government was of the same opinion as regards the registration of ships in general . |
| 33 | Thinking this exception might apply , I checked with your colleague Ian Law , who was of the same opinion . |
| 34 | The moquette was of the same design as used by the UndergrounD Group ( q.v . ) . |
| 35 | The second row , the inner wall , was of the same design . |
| 36 | He was of the same cut as Piers , tall and dark , but his face was more animated , his eyes not so heavy-lidded and languorous . |
| 37 | No one else was of the same mind as he . |
| 38 | The fish of the day , a grilled sole , was of the same ilk . |
| 39 | Although Jerry was of the same height , he was much fairer than I , with very attractive blue eyes , he was slighter of build , and had a much sweeter disposition . |
| 40 | But she had been forbidden by her mother to have anything to do with her Pascoe cousins , and she was sure Tristram was under the same veto as far as she was concerned ; and for a long time — years — she had never even spoken a word to him . |
| 41 | He was in the same mould as Neubauer , the Mercedes manager : not flamboyant , but an ice-cold organiser , logical and rational . |
| 42 | We are the best and worst band in the world … that was in the same issue ! |
| 43 | Harbury had been failing all day to reach Wickham , which was especially frustrating as Wickham was in the same building and Harbury felt proprietorial about the crime . |
| 44 | Yesterday , Mr Dubcek 's name was chanted at least as loudly as it was in the same square over 21 years ago . |
| 45 | Yesterday , Mr Dubcek 's name was chanted at least as loudly as it was in the same square over 21 years ago . |
| 46 | ( The buying off of Edward IV 's 1475 expedition was in the same tradition . ) |
| 47 | But the pope was in the same position as everyone else in having no clear procedure for reaching a decision . |
| 48 | I felt them , if I was in the same position , I would probably drink heavily as well . |
| 49 | The same trawler was in the same position on the horizon . |
| 50 | Just to help but erm yes everybody was in the same position more or less but erm and yet they used to help in a s own little way . |
| 51 | ‘ The will ’ , continued Mr Brownlow , speaking for him , ‘ was in the same spirit as the letter . |
| 52 | He was in the same three-ball as Garth McGimpsey , Ulsters top amateur and contender for next week 's British Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush . |
| 53 | But Pollard , who struck 163 last week , was in the same mood , and scored an unbeaten 119 which included 14 fours and four sixes as Evenwood overtook the target with nine overs left . |
| 54 | She was in the same year as Humber , and had the same brisk efficiency , but was much more friendly . |
| 55 | It was in the same year that Culture and Anarchy first appeared that the Charity Organisation Society was founded , to busy itself with the task of classifying and purifying the demoralised lower orders , and to sift out the ‘ deserving ’ from the ‘ undeserving ’ poor . |
| 56 | He was in the same year as Mr Morpurgo — and Mr Dysart . |
| 57 | Coincidentally , it was in the same year that the first supersonic airliner took flight and the first channel hover-ferry service was inaugurated — quite a year for fast machines — quite rightly dubbed then , as being new ! |
| 58 | was in the same year . |
| 59 | She slammed it shut , tried others and each one was in the same state . |
| 60 | ‘ If I was in the same situation again 100 times I would come for the same punch and back myself to clear the ball every time ’ |