Example sentences of "they [vb past] [art] same [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 One group of sites could be seen to be more or less contemporary because they produced the same types of tool , while those which produced other types could be shown to be earlier or later in date .
2 He was astute enough to see that in some ways they shared the same experiences .
3 Freames and Pitts Mills were in close proximity to one another and this , coupled with the fact that at various times they shared the same tenants and were put to similar uses , has caused a certain amount of confusion .
4 He found there was no real difference between Santiago marginals and those in higher strata in a cultural way , that is , they shared the same values and aspirations , but the squatters were unable to realise these because of structural features .
5 In analysing their left-hand columns , the executives found that each side blamed the other side for the difficulties , and they used the same reasons .
6 From year to year they used the same handrails to go down into the past : lifting the cartwheel at the crossroads , the drilling sessions by the river , the first ambush , marching at night between the safe houses , the different characters in the houses , the food , the girls …
7 An hour later they used the same tactics to gain entry to the other half of the camp .
8 They studied the same subjects for the other nine GCSE subjects .
9 The fat men : were they less fat because they were smaller , and so you needed less stomach to appear fat ; or were they more fat , because they developed the same stomachs , but had even less frame to support them ?
10 And erm , they recorded different things , but Mat but also they recorded the same things as well
11 They knew the same kinds of altered states of consciousness — could they not recognise the mediums as their allies rather than their enemies ?
12 They had the same size shoes and they wore the same clothes quite often .
13 They had the same friends , and they often met at parties .
14 There would hardly have been harmony between them if they had the same desires , if their interests coincided , if they were a threat to each other .
15 They considered the same principles on which they based the poll tax .
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