Example sentences of "but [v-ing] [prep] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saint-Exupéry said that ‘ loving someone does not mean looking into each other 's eyes , but looking in the same direction together . ’ |
| 2 | In fact love has been defined as not looking at each other , but looking in the same direction . |
| 3 | In an interview with police , Smith , who at the time was going through divorce proceedings but living in the same house as her husband , told them : ‘ It was him or me . ’ |
| 4 | Linking girls in with the characters of Lord of the Flies , I am sure that there would be many Ralphs , a Jack of a different nature but leading to the same results , and eventually one or two Rogers . |
| 5 | Similarly , if a director is thinking of selling the company in the near future , but continuing in the same employment thereafter , it might be better not to restrict salary . |
| 6 | Concomitant symptoms are symptoms not directly related to but arising at the same time as , the main complaint such as a headache with diarrhoea or cold sores with a fever — things which are repeatedly associated , so that the patient might say ‘ Whenever I get this problem I always get a stomach upset ’ or whatever it may be . |
| 7 | Lay the curtain out flat with the interlining uppermost and apply the hemmed lining to it in the same way as for Lined Curtains , but lockstitching along the same lines as the interlining and along all seams . |
| 8 | It is not how much we read , nor even what we understand in our heads , but receiving in the same spirit in which the scriptures were first written . |