Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv] the same " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they got much the same thing for the dinner , but if the prisoner had got any money of his own , and if he cared to contribute an extra sixpence he got a hot meal at midday . |
| 2 | They received much the same reaction as we did . |
| 3 | He had , of course , known those grandparents whose glamour made Alexandra 's existence so difficult , but he saw them in a light so different from his wife 's that they seemed hardly the same people . |
| 4 | One of the most fascinating scientific experiments of recent years showed that when people ate meals at a rapid rate they became hungry again more quickly than when they ate precisely the same size of meal at a slower rate . |
| 5 | They fulfilled rather the same role as extern sisters in contemplative convents today . |
| 6 | They flew almost the same number of sorties ( some 2,600 each ) and lost nearly the same number of aircraft ( 72 with 431 and 74 with 434 ) , suffering virtually identical casualties . |
| 7 | one , yes , erm , was another lady and child , taking beeline for birthday cake , you know , they went out the same checkout as I did |
| 8 | They looked both the same to me . |
| 9 | In their eighties they looked just the same as they did in their fifties , though I suppose , when we were teenagers , anything over 30 was indistinguishably old . |
| 10 | Having disposed of Chertsey and Witney , they did much the same in the fourth qualifying round against Marlow , equalising at home in the 82nd minute and winning the replay 2-1 with a goal in the 90th . |
| 11 | Having disposed of Chertsey and Witney , they did much the same in the fourth qualifying round against Marlow , equalising at home in the 82nd minute and winning the replay 2-1 with a goal in the 90th . |
| 12 | Jazzbeaux heard they did much the same thing in Jap corp boardrooms . |
| 13 | Oh , they stayed just the same as they are today , yo you carried on just the same , only the difference in them now , race days years ago , the heath was shut at half past nine . |
| 14 | Finally , the map representing ‘ Italy in the sixteenth century ’ should be made to show the boundaries between states more clearly and to narrow its time-frame to a period when they remained exactly the same . |
| 15 | It is true of these wholes that if they remained otherwise the same , except that the pleasure was removed , they would only have at most a slight value . |