Example sentences of "they [adj] [vb past] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there was nine years between them , there was no doubt that they were brother and sister ; they each had the same deep intense eyes that were their dead father 's legacy , and Patrick had inherited his father 's square chin , and wiry black hair . |
| 2 | They all looked the same to him . |
| 3 | Circles , squares , triangles , they all looked the same to them . |
| 4 | they all looked the same , they all had iron stakes in , they were there to strengthen the breaker in case a big wave came . |
| 5 | They all watched the door as it opened and Donald 's face poked round the edge , and then they all looked at each other and they all thought the same thought : Now ? |
| 6 | In their own way they all felt the same . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I went to clinics , I went to specialists , they poked and they peered and they prodded , they took X-rays , they did tests , I do n't know what they did n't do , and they all said the same thing . |
| 8 | I 've travelled up and down the country in the past few months , I 've spoken to union branches , I 've spoken to regional councils , regional committees , party meetings , general committees , regional conferences , and they all said the same . |
| 9 | Yeah , but they all said the same thing do n't they ? |
| 10 | But then to us they all had the same accent — they were just Yanks , chewing gum , blocking our paths wherever we went , aggravatingly sure of themselves and their instant appeal to all females who had n't actually got one foot in the grave . |
| 11 | They all had the same voice , she said . |
| 12 | If you shared it out between three people how many so they all got the same how many would they get ? |
| 13 | Therefore , the ultimate haemostatic rate may be higher if they all received the same injection again . |
| 14 | ‘ Well they were townies you know , ’ she finally says , ‘ and it looked to me that when townies hung out together they all dressed the same , did the same things , went to the same places and I was really different . |
| 15 | But they all used the same broad highway . |
| 16 | Because they all spoke the same language of fidelity , of joint interests and common belief , the great assembly could bring men together with their royal lord psychologically as well as physically . |
| 17 | And Steffi Graf earned £130,000 MORE than fellow countryman Boris Becker , although they both played the same number of official tournaments — 15 . |
| 18 | AS , in thee matches , they both faced the same bowlers on the same pitches , it may be deduced that , as batsmen , they are of roughly equal merit . |